Callicarpa japonica
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Drought tolerant; berries attract birds; cut back severely each year for best berry production (flowers on new growth); avoid excessive fertilizer. Bushy, rounded shrub with long, slender, arching stems. This plant is seldom damaged by deer.
Play Value: Wildlife Enhancement
Seed: Drupe
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Callicarpa
- Species:
- japonica
- Family:
- Lamiacea
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China to Temp. Eastern Asia
- Wildlife Value:
- Berries attract birds and plant is seldom damaged by deer.
- Play Value:
- Attracts Pollinators
- Edible fruit
- Pieces Used in Games
- Wildlife Food Source
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- drought and deer.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 4 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Rounded
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Purple/Lavender
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Fruit Description:
- 1-1.5 in. loose, open clusters of shiny, violet to metallic purple berries in fall. Best fruit production in full sun and moist soil
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- 1-1.5 in. cluster of non-showy pink or white flowers in midsummer on new growth
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Gold/Yellow
- Green
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Opposite, simple, medium blue-green leaves; 1-5 in. long; pale yellow-green to pinkish lavender fall color
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Recreational Play Area
- Landscape Theme:
- Children's Garden
- Edible Garden
- Attracts:
- Songbirds
- Plants that fill a similar niche:
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Callicarpa dichotoma
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Taxodium distichum
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Quercus acutissima
