Callicarpa giraldii seed

LATIN NAME: Callicarpa giraldii

COMMON NAME: Girald’s Beautyberry

The Girald beautyberry studs the long, arching branches with the round, violet-purple berries in the dense clusters, the fine, toothed leaves between them, and the whole shrub carries the bright, generous look of the autumn garden. The hardy, spreading, deciduous shrub carries the fine, ovate, sharply toothed leaves along the long, arching, grey-brown branches, and the small, pink or lilac flowers in the little axillary clusters through the early summer, one of the quiet, steady sights of the autumn garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the dense clusters of the small, round, glossy, violet-purple berries. The bright berries have a very long record as the fine, showy fruits of the old gardens, and the shrub is a historic presence of the autumn garden. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Girald beautyberry is a historic subject of the plant science, and the clustered berries keep showing up in the work on the ornamental shrubs. The way the dense clusters of the small, round, glossy, violet-purple berries form in the leaf axils along the arching branches has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the ornamental shrubs, the toothed leaves and the members of the mint family. The bright berries and the arching habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the Girald beautyberry is a regular subject of the work on the clustered berries of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Girald beautyberry is a bright, useful shrub of the autumn garden and the study collection. The fine, ovate, sharply toothed leaves along the long, arching, grey-brown branches carry the generous look of the autumn garden, one of the quiet, steady sights of the autumn garden, drawing the bees, and the bright berries have a very long record as the fine, showy fruits of the old gardens, the fine, berried branches coming to the vases and the bright corners of the old gardens, while the small, pink or lilac flowers in the little axillary clusters open through the early summer, to be followed by the dense clusters of the small, round, glossy, violet-purple berries. It is one of the fine choices for the autumn garden, the shrub border and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the bright berries and the very long history. It is a bright, useful shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The beautyberry seeds germinate well in a fine, gritty mix kept lightly moist. The young shrubs are easy once they root, and they carry the first purple berries after a couple of seasons in the deep, rich ground.

To grow the Girald beautyberry from seed, sow the small, brown seeds over the surface of the pot of fine, gritty soil, then press them in, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young shrubs out in the open ground. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the purple berries will hang over the years.