Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest plus the Piedmont of the

plus the Piedmont of the Carolinas

'Leslie Ann' grows open and upright

Native to the ravine forests of Sichuan and western Hunan

chitalpa is an inspired

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest plus the Piedmont of theCallicarpa 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