Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest Grow in full sun and

Grow in full sun and sharp

plus the Piedmont of the Carolinas

chitalpa is an inspired

though seedlings pull easily

The genus honors Georg Josef Kamel

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest Grow in full sun andCallicarpa dichotoma belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae, though the beautyberries wear their kinship lightly. The genus name comes from the Greek kallos, beauty, and karpos, fruit, a promise the plant keeps every autumn, while the epithet dichotoma describes the way the slender branches fork in neat pairs, giving the shrub a tiered, arching silhouette. Native across East Asia, from China and Korea into Japan and Vietnam, the purple beautyberry has