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- Callicarpa x ‘NCCX1’ Purple Pearls® PP#26,000
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 8b
- A distinctive, upright deciduous shrub with colors that complement your fall garden! Purple Pearls® beautyberry has dark purple-green foliage from the spring through the fall, with a bonus of pink flower clusters in late summer. Then, purple berries follow in the fall and persist into the winter, providing food for birds and other wildlife.
- In zone 5 and 6, Purple Pearls® Beautyberry may die back to the ground in very cold winters, but will resprout, grow, flower, and fruit well that same year.
- Need a friend for this plant? Check out these great additions:
- Hot Head® Arborvitae, American Arborvitae
- Double Take Pink™ Flowering Quince, Double Take™ ‘Pink Storm’ quince
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- Pearl Glam® Beautyberry
- American Beautyberry
- Woody Ornamentals - Flowering Shrubs - Deciduous
- Growth Size: Medium Shrub - 4 to 5 feet tall, 4 to 5 feet wide
- Growth Habit: Upright
- Features: Easy To Grow, Naturalizes Well, Excellent Foliage Color, North American Native
- Deer Resistant, Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant (once established), Heat Tolerant
- Attracts: Pollinators, Wildlife
- Garden Ideas:
- Wildlife, Woodland Shade, Cutting
- Flower features: Good for Cut Flowers, Showy Flowers
- Clusters of pink flowers that bloom in summer
- Fruit & seed features: Clusters of purple ornamental berries that will ripen in fall through winter
- Foliage type and color: Deciduous, Dark Green
- Dark purplish-green
- Landscape Uses: Naturalizing, Grouping, Woodland edge, Beds
- Accent, Border, Container, Mass Planting, Specimen
- Purple Pearls® Beautyberry is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Medium Shrub - 4 to 5 feet tall, 4 to 5 feet wide
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Spacing: 4-5 ft apart
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Watering: Semi-Moist Average
- Soil Types: Well-Drained Enriched with organic matter
- General Plant Care: Care for your shrubs includes monitoring for pests and diseases, periodically checking soil moisture, and providing fertilizer as needed. In general, plants that have sufficient water and the correct amount of fertilizer tend to not have as many pest and disease problems. Water new plants weekly during the growing season in the first year, and as needed after that.
- General Planting Tips: Choose a site suited to your plant's light, soil, and space needs. Dig a hole twice as wide but no deeper than the container. Remove plant from container and loosen roots slightly. Place the plant in the hole. If using slow-release (coated) fertilizer, you may add it according to package directions at this time. Add soil back to the hole, ensuring the top of the soil from the container is even with the surrounding soil. Water well, and add more soil if needed. Add 2-3 inches of mulch around plant, taking care to keep away from stem or trunk. See our FAQ page for more details on Mulching.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Once in spring with a slow-release fertilizer recommended for this plant (shrub, tree) at a rate according to package directions.
- General Pruning suggestions: Not usually needed, best left unpruned
