Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees red berries in the cooler

red berries in the cooler months

the pine barrens

the kind of saturated violet that catches autumn light beautifully

Wilson Bros in three-gallon

mast producer

Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees red berries in the coolerCallicarpa acuminata, the black beautyberry, is the Mexican cousin of the familiar American beautyberry, a deciduous shrub of arching branches that, in fall, lines the stems with clusters of small, shiny berries in glossy black rather than the usual purple. The dark fruit is a quiet, sophisticated turn on the beautyberry idea, set off by the green leaves and lingering into the cool months. Collected in Mexico by the late, great Texas plantsman Lynn