Callicarpa bodinieri - 'Profusion' (Beauty Berry)
Callicarpa bodinieri description: This medium sized deciduous shrub is grown for its pale pink mid summer blossom, as well as its outrageous display of vivid shiny purple berries - borne throughout autumn and winter months. 3m tall x 2.5m
Callicarpa bodinieri cultivation notes: Callicarpa prefers a sheltered position in full / half sun. Avoid planting in wet or poor soils. Prune out a quarter of all growth in early spring and trim to shape. Plant more than one to ensure best show of berries.
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Plant Strengths: Fruit / berry producing.
Plant Weaknesses: Will not tolerate exposed, cold or hot and sunny locations; Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils.
Common Missspellings: Calicarpa, Calocarpa, Callocarpa, Calacarper