ZONE:
5
COLOUR:
Lavender
HEIGHT:
150-200 cm
SPREAD:
150-200 cm
ZONE:
5
COLOUR:
Lavender
HEIGHT:
150-200 cm
SPREAD:
150-200 cm
Grows best in a well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Also does well in swampy or wooded locations or under shade trees in a garden setting. It can be cut to 12" above the base each winter to encourage more compact growth, flowers and fruit. It can also be left to mature naturally into a tall woody shrub. The shrub may temporarily defoliate and lose developing fruit during periods of prolonged summer drought. Best flowering and fruiting occurs in full sun.
Callicarpenal, a natural terpenoid isolated from beautyberry, has shown significant repellent activities against mosquitoes, ticks and imported fire ants. Used by First Nations peoples in root and leaf teas to treat numerous conditions.