Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees the pine barrens

the pine barrens

mast producer

grass-like clump of narrow dark green blades

Wilson Bros in three-gallon

the kind of saturated violet that catches autumn light beautifully

Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees the pine barrensCallicarpa 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