Shiji Murasaki beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Shiji Murasaki'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size4 to 6 feet tall4 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Lavender pink
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Shiji Murasaki' beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma 'Shiji Murasaki') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, hedges, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast into a dense shrub with lavender pink blooms in spring and summer. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit it, and it tolerates drought. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with False indigo, Bridal wreath spiraea, and Ironweed.