Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' prophouse-summer-2027 found in southwest Virginia by

found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal

mountain sagewood grows among rocks and in sheltered

lovely against the green leaves and a striking foil to the purple-berried kinds

Compact at six to ten feet

and surprisingly versatile in the kitchen

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' prophouse-summer-2027 found in southwest Virginia byThe white fruited form of the Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' is a quiet pleasure of the late summer border: instead of the usual magenta, the arching stems hang with luminous, ivory white berries in elegant clusters, cool and refined where the purple kinds are bold. Native to eastern Asia, in Korea, China, and Japan, the white beautyberry is smaller and more graceful than the American species, and all the more striking for the