Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai' 25/2 Restock and the wildlife

and the wildlife

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is used: as a specimen

but the timing makes Distylium myricoides a favorite of early bees

a native perennial with the broad

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai' 25/2 Restock and the wildlifeCallicarpa dichotoma 'Issai', the purple beautyberry, is a compact, cold hardy selection grown for a heavy crop of glossy, violet purple berries that ring the stems from late summer well into fall. Smaller and tidier than the American beautyberry, 'Issai' fruits young and freely, often setting berries on a single plant, and holds the color long after the leaves have gone. Small pink lavender flowers open in summer, an unobtrusive lead in to the