Callicarpa bodinieri var.giraldii 'Profusion'
(Beauty Berry)
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 3m
Width - up to 2.5m
Location - The Cool Garden, The Thicket
Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous Shrub with a bushy, upright habit. Lanceolate to obovate foliage is tinted bronze when young and turns dark green with age. Small, violet-pink, bell-shaped flowers are produced in midsummer and are followed by clusters of round, violet-purple berries. The foliage turns rosy-purple in autumn and the berries persist on the branches long after the leaves have dropped.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Violet-pink, bell-shaped flowers are produced in July. The flowers are followed by prolific clusters of small, round, violet-purple berries which persist on the plant after the leaves have dropped, usually into winter.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Bell-shaped
Flowering time: July
Foliage:
Lanceolate, sometimes obovate leaves emerge bronze in the spring, turn dark green for the summer and finally fade to rosy-purple in autumn. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate, obovate
Autumn Colour: Rosy-purple
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.