Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' prophouse-summer-2027 and surprisingly versatile in the

and surprisingly versatile in the kitchen

In the warm months the shrub carries dense terminal heads of small

chosen by Jonathan Shaw at Bok Tower Gardens

Site where the textured foliage can be read at close range

found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' prophouse-summer-2027 and surprisingly versatile in theThe white fruited form of the Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' is a quiet pleasure of the late summer border: instead of the usual magenta, the arching stems hang with luminous, ivory white berries in elegant clusters, cool and refined where the purple kinds are bold. Native to eastern Asia, in Korea, China, and Japan, the white beautyberry is smaller and more graceful than the American species, and all the more striking for the