PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

American Beautyberry is a 3' to 6' tall native perennial small shrub with a native distribution restricted to the southern states. The shrub produces axillary cluster of small pink or white flowers in spring and early summer and bright showy cluster of violet or magenta fruits in August and September. The fruits remain on the shrub well after the leaves have fallen. The plant is easily established by seed. American Beauty Berry is equally valued as an ornamental garden and landscaping plant and as a wildlife habitat plant. The fruits of this shrub are an important food source for many species of birds and animals. Native Americans used the plant parts to treat such things as feavers, rheumatism, stomachaches, colic, and dysentery.