Beautiful fruit – Callicarpa

Callicarpa“Beautiful fruit” is the literal translation of Callicarpa (from the Greek kalli-beautiful and karpos, fruit). The common name “Beauty Berry” is sometimes used for this distinctive, medium-sized shrub, which comes into its own in the autumn, with the combination of soft pink and yellow autumn colour and clusters of purple berries, a unique colour among shrubs hardy in the British Isles.

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Keith Atkey

Keith Atkey has worked at Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World, one of the UK’s largest garden centres, for 29 years, and is their resident horticultural expert.

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