Purple Beautyberry                kal-i-KAR-pa di-KOT-o-ma

• Broadleaf deciduous shrub, grows to 3 ft, sometimes to 6 ft, high (0.9-1.8 m), with a similar spread, long slender branches, graceful.  Leaves opposite, simple, 3-7.5 cm long, about half as wide, acuminate, coarsely serrate except at apex and base, bright medium green.  Flowers small, pinkish, displayed in clusters above the foliage.  Fruit spherical, lilac-violet, 3-4 mm wide.
• Full sun for best heavy fruiting.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5     Native to eastern and central China and Japan.
• Corvallis: 2840 Hayes (Hayes Ave. and 29th St.)