Beautyberry

Description

Beautyberry is a perennial shrub; fast growing – five to eight feet tall and almost as wide with drooping branches. The elliptical to ovate shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement with saw toothed margins and woolly-like hairs may cover the underside. The stems are four sided, slender, gray to reddish brown. In late spring to early summer, inconspicuous flowers of blue, violet, pink, or white are arranged in bundles on the stems between the leaves. In August or September, clusters of small purple to blue berries or drupes encircle the woody stems. Each small berry in the bunch contains two to four seeds about 1/16 in. long.