Heat/drought tolerant, disease/pest-free, not fussy about the soil, and deer DON'T eat it (see it live in this vid!). It grows in zones 6-10, in shade or full sun, and grows to 4-8 feet tall. Native to North America but virtually no one knows about this plant.... Just weird.... 🤔🤪 🥰 Interested in buying it? Here's the nurseries I've purchased from and trust (small businesses ;), heppy.org/products#nurseries
@@Randykoch-t6f I don't have experience transplanting mature Beautyberries. Young ones (1-3 yrs) transplant well (in Jan-March). Hope this helped and thanks for stopping by.
I live in Florida and our couple of acres are full of them. The deer nest under them as mosquitos hate them. In the fall when you are done canning them, prone them. Take the pruning and put in a big pot 9that you reserve for this) cover in water and simmer till water reduces to about 1/3. Strain and put in spray bottles. You now have a very effective mosqitto repellent.
@cindyhenry9101 that is ANOTHER outstanding comment! mosquito repellent: cover pruned limbs with water; then, ??simmer or boil?? it until the water evaporates to 1/3rd volume; then strain! i just have to get around to trying this! thank you for your feedback, and thanks for stopping by! please subscribe!
Beautyberry is one of the natives I used to teach in the scouts as a survival resource. Berries, of course you know you can eat. But the key thing we demonstrated is the leaves you can crush up in your hands and rub them on your skin as a mosquito repellent, just like the wax myrtle, another survival plant.
I’ve got the American beauty berries everywhere on my property in NE Texas. I make jam and jelly from them every few years. They’re not only good to eat, they’re beautiful when they’re fruiting. They look like big strings of glistening purple pearls.
As a former floral designer, I used beautyberry quite a bit when it was available, never knowing it was edible. Then, after leaving the floral business, I found out it was, but still haven't had occasion to try it. (I wouldn't eat anything that came from a florist because of the chemicals in the water and that are sprayed on a finished arrangement to keep it fresh.) Now I really wish I had room to plant one.
@@mgeller854 I'm just a bit north of its native range/ just outside its USDA zone (right on the border of 6 and 7), but I wouldn't be surprised if it started to naturalize as more people use it as an ornamental. Something to look forward to, who says climate change is all bad. (/sarcasm)
Shame they use all that stuff... there are organic solutions to everything, i typically am able to find something that is more effective than any chemical
@@zackeryshackelford3864 I think most of the stuff is "organic," insofar as it breaks down in the environment/ isn't petroleum based. Pretty sure the plant food we put in vases is a mix of salts, sugars, and borax. Totally innocuous stuff, but I wouldn't want to ingest it (same for like, SaferSoap or neem oil). Honestly, most things you find in a commercial floral arrangement aren't edible anyway (I mean, the roses are, but they're doused in pesticides and flown in from the global south; good luck finding florist-grade organic roses outside of a major city, and then you're going to pay a huge premium). (Seriously don't get me started on the shortcomings of the floral industry; the ecological footprint is revolting, but capitalism.)
@@Madeulook862 I wonder in what US state (Florida)? 3 acres of Beautyberry provides the scale to harvest plenty for jam making. Great feedback -- thank you! 👩🌾
Beautyberry grows all over Florida throughout the woods, fields, side of the road, you can find them just about anywhere here, the birds love em, i pick em and feed em to my chickens, they go crazy for the beautyberries
YUM! I love them. They taste like holiday spices. When I add sugar and lemon to make jam, they remind me of grapes. They are so pretty and grow wild all over where I live in Florida.
@@SamManor-r5i Please do! They are one of the coolest looking plants in the autumn months when the berries are all in clusters on the branches. I imagine they would grow fine there as long as they were watered in the summer months regularly and grown in some shade or semi shady area
They grow as weeds down here in Florida. I've made Beautyberry jelly and syrup for about 20 years and love it's honey taste. I eat it every morning mixed in plain yogurt with bran chips on top for crunch and have never grown tired of it. Not only beautiful but we have 15 or more deer daily eating up out yard but NEVER the beauty berry. Even rabbits don't touch it. If you have guinea hens, they will so suppose geese and ducks may but turkey don't. Turkeys here are wild but roam the neighborhood during the fall and I've never seen them eating my beautyberrys. Never seen any bugs eating them. Never watered or fertilized them. They are considred weeds and removed from most property but grow prolifically on fence lines. Fantastic color and they stay in a beautiful round shaped bush. They are deciduous but quickly add their leaves in the spring. If they reduce in berries, I just copice prune them and voila - next year they are even more bountiful. So many think they are toxic - and they are if eaten without cooking and have very little flavor until I sweeten them up making jelly. That eliminates the toxic seeds which can be eaten like 'pop rock' candy but can make you nauseous. I strain out the seeds and never eat the leaves as they contain that toxin. I have no idea why more people don't have them in their yard - they are show stoppers once berries grow they stay attached for several months living up to their name! It is rare to find anyone that uses the berries but wonderful when I meet those rare people so I'm happy to have found your post - thank you for sharing this wonderful plant!
@iartistdotme THAT is a thoughtful response. I love the 'pop rock' candy analogy -- you nailed it. well, I'm even more glad that you found my post -- thank you for the great feedback. people will appreciate hearing it from others!
That plant grew in my backyard. My cousin showed me how to strip all the leaves off of the branch then pop that Branch like it was a whip and all those berries would come flying off in the direction that you popped the whip in. If you popped that branch at a person those berries would fly off & hit their clothing and skin and sometimes stain them. We were rotten kids back then.
Native birdfood. If i see a bb pop up in the property, i mow around it. Let it grow into a beautiful bush. Love watching finches eat and many other birds.
My brother had one of these beautiful bushes at his home in full berry mode and I was hooked. Went home and found a nursery that had them and had two shipped to me. Can’t wait until they get berries. Beautiful bushes.
Would you believe that I saw the first plant just yesterday, and I was wondering what type of plant it is, and now this just showed up in my feed. Now I know, I'm going back for a handful!😊
I have quite a few on my property. The deer DO eat the berries in great quantities, returning day after day during the season sometimes standing on hind legs to reach them. Making beauty berry wine interests me!
@@kevinfaris4840 some commenters are seeing deer eat Beautyberry but I think your adding an important distinction -- it's the berries. Thank you for the feedback. You've got very hungry deer :/. The plant likely gets thrashed in the process. Anywho, I'll have a glass a wine over it! 😂😂😂
Stumbled upon one of these the other day in Sharon, Massachusetts, and then saw one in another yard later on that day. Talk to the owner and Sharon and he didn’t know the name of it. This video just came up in my feed kinda beautiful. The leaves are not very pretty, but to see it in full pruning it is stunning. The color is just awesome.
I remember seeing this when I was a kid, but some of the older folks told me that it was poisonous so I generally avoided it. Good to know that it’s edible. If I see it out again, I’m definitely going to give it a try.
@@dostagirl9551 be sure you identify it correctly 🧐🤓🥳. Here's the feedback from three family members trying it for the first time ;) th-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg?si=wl3_WUTP7wDIKtL7
Grows like a weed here in northwest Louisiana. We have made jelly with the berries, mosquito repellent. But my sheep absolutely love the leaves and berries in the fall. I believe it acts as a natural dewormer in them as well.
I’m so glad I found your channel saw this ! I have recently pulled up quite a few large , beautiful ones cleaning land on family property . Although beautiful 😪 sadly I did’t know they were edible, I thought they were poisonous. There are still some left , I will now handle with care. Thank you for the video ! I’m In Louisiana
@bonniewilson7392 saved them just in time :). glad you found the channel and will enjoy the American treasure, the American Beautyberry! :) NC State University website is an excellent resource, especially if there's a risk. I've not read of any risk (on any website to include NIH PubMed). plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/callicarpa-americana/ thanks for stopping by!
@MrSummerbreeze01 i got good news and i got bad news; yup, the deer fence you saw keeps deer away from the Green Tea plant, Che, Mulberry, Plum, Seaberry, etc. (heppy.org/plants) ... but this year, the raccoon, ground hog and squirrels went nuts (excuse the pun). be on the lookout! get a dog if it fits your lifestyle. thanks for stopping by and please subscribe!
Wow, this is impressive! The American Beautyberry is truly an unusual fruiting plant. This video is super helpful, not only teaching how to grow it but also sharing how to use the berries in cooking. I was surprised to learn there are both American and Asian varieties. Thanks for providing such interesting information
@@johnrichardson1917 interesting warning ⚠️! Thanks for the feedback (I was/am on the fence with growing one variety of Asian). Thanks for stopping by! 👩🌾
These grow in a nearby park and produce in Spring and late Summer most years. I have made Beautyberry Jelly with them a couple of times. I used cherry molasses as a flavor intensifier, though, because their flavor is so mild.
I have this growing in my zone 4 yard. We didn't know what it was because it's not native to northern Wisconsin it must have been brought by birds in migration but it's doing well here in partial shade. Thanks for the video!
I live in se Texss and learned about beauty berry from the arboretum and was so happy to learn the benefits of this “weed” growing naturally all over my property! However as recently as a few years ago it seemed the jury was still out as to whether the berries were edible. Thanks for clarifying that!
@@jefffernandez678 glad this helped. You probably don't have mosquitos all over the place (or at least, fewer of them 😕). Several commenters describe making jam from it. Thanks for stopping by!
I stopped on the side of the road some years ago and clipped off a couple branches. I rooted them in water and have had huge, fruit loaded plants since. I have cut mine back quite aggressively a few times but it pops right back. I now have another stand of them in my backyard. I am assuming a bird spread some seed there as I didn't plant it there. My thoughts are they would make a very dry wine due to how antiseptic they are. They have that dry wine effect on the tongue when eaten raw. The berries truly are a beautiful color. So bright and vibrant. So if anyone would like a patch of them then I recommend stopping the next time you see them growing and break off a couple branches. Not the whole branch, just t he first foot to two feet of the tip. If they are in fruit, then remove all fruit and the bottom half of leaves before rooting in water. I live in Orlando Florida and find this plant growing wild all over.
@michellebogle5428 that's A++ insight -- from the wine and flavor profile, to your location. yup, i'm reading comments the central FL is loaded with Beautyberry. ironic because there's likely more mosquitos there.... nature's balance. thank you for the insightful comments. please subscribe!
One of my best moments was spent watching a young buck walk on his hind legs to get to the beautyberries left high on the bush in my front yard. He has definitely had an influence on my decisions whether to reign them in or let them spread like crazy. I need to find a way to use what they don't eat.
@Noneya792 mosquito repellant, jam (try not adding water or too much water) or wine if ya got the time :) i posted a few leads on my webpage, heppy.org/beautyberry thanks for stopping by!
There's one of these growing by a fence on my way to work and I had been wondering what it was. I loved seeing it when it had the full foliage and bright neon pink berries. With those colors, I thought for sure I'd be in trouble if I touched it, but now that I know it's safe I'm going to grab some berries and try to grow a few plants.
@rubenalvarado4463 if the berries were pink (not maroon or purple), then you are driving by a very very rare native plant. are you in Texas by any chance? or, in what city? glad you came across this vid and commented! you may be the first to have mentioned the pink one :). the pink is a variant. it's truly unusual and is rare. thank you for commenting!
@@rubenalvarado4463 thanks for replying; the pink was first discovered in Texas. I really wanna see it; I'll have to put Tyler on my radar! Thanks for the reply.
Thank you for the video I'm so glad I grow beauty berry also. I discovered it growing on a former property I owned and dug 1 up and moved it to my present home. I haven't yet tasted it this is its 1st year with berries. Take care.
@jeaniegobin1375 thank you for feedback, and the taste is not Blueberry, Persimmon & such. I think it make a great topping on foods; the texture and color is unusual and gives things a "pop"! :)
Wanted one for years, they grow all along the woodline pretty much everywhere around here. Sure enough, birds planted some for me under an oak. Full shade but has gotten to about six feet and loaded with berries. I want to propagate it around the property and mix it in with the rest of my food forest. Truly a beautiful plant that I remember growing up around.
Yes, humans can eat American beautyberries (Callicarpa americana). The small purple berries are not toxic and are often used to make jams, jellies, and wine. However, they are not typically eaten raw because their flavor is mild and astringent. Cooking them with sugar enhances their taste and makes them more enjoyable. The leaves and berries of the American beautyberry plant are also known for their natural insect-repellent properties.
We have one on our property I planted ~20 years ago. It has been almost 10'tall before I cut it back every year. The birds have "distributed" the seeds around the yard as we now have SEVERAL smaller ones growing wild. I've never actually tried to eat any of the fruits before and leave them for the critters to enjoy...
My mom had one of these in her yard. I asked about it and she thought it was not edible. I am delighted it turns out they are edible. I will now have to go get a few.
II just learned about Beauty Berry bushes. I live in the FL panhandle and we have many beauty berry bushes and trees. I collected them this fall to use in dyeing fabrics, etc. I hope to grow some bushes in my own yard. I know individuals who enjoy eating them. I'm wonderiing what mediicinal value we get from eating these berries. I hope to grow some trees in my yard. Thanks for your video. Good job!!!
@maryelizabethcalais9180 i appreciate the feedback and that you are putting them to good use (dye fabric)! According to the USDA, “The roots, leaves and branches of the American beautyberry were used by the Alabama, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, Seminole and other Native American tribes for various medicinal purposes. The roots, leaves and branches were made into a decoction that was used in sweat baths to treat both malarial fevers and rheumatism. The boiled plant parts were poured into a big pan that was placed near the patient inside a sweathouse. A similar decoction of the roots was used to treat dizziness and stomachaches…." heppy.org/beautyberry#edible_fruit thank you for the feedback, thanks for stopping by, and please subscribe!
Thanks for the video. We love our naturally growing beauty berry at our home in St Augustine. I didn't know the berries were edible, I might have to try them next year They loved the tree line at our home. While the deer leave them mostly alone, we did have one that wasn't growing. One day we saw the deer nibbling on the new growth on top. 😂 Once it got a little taller, they left it alone. These were growing wild in very sandy soil. As you said, no maintenance really. I did prune back about a third of the branches every year on a couple to make them a little leggy and more tree-like. There is a beautiful one in a shady corner that became very wide with a lot of shade under it after I cut it completely back several years ago.
@dawnelliott7363 in my wild ambition to out do ??not sure why :)?? i created this table of fruiting plants that grow in zone 7, heppy.org/plants scroll down to a table on steroids :/. about 450 plants.... thanks for stopping by!
@feehanfan9079 did you use rooting hormone; maybe 6" long stems; what medium did you use? just curious.... glad you made jam with it. i bet it's really aromatic!
@katiekane5247 i should have added this in the vid: year-after-year, i prune-off the long stems with fruit and i see VERY little self-seeding. I wish is self-seeded better! soil layering has been successful but that takes about a year. i show more soil layering in my Aronia berry vid, th-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pIqSey-f5E5VfGhY&t=646 Thanks for stopping by!
@@jakethomas6123 excellent news! Welcome! A list of fruiting plants that grow in zone 7 is here, heppy.org/plants The table includes hyperlinks to webpages about specific fruiting plants! Goumi is a particularly awesome fruiting shrub, th-cam.com/video/wPxG-HI9ImQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=k3VS2D_nI5DMG506 If you buy a Goumi, get the Tillamook (Lucile at Whitman Farms). I got a great 2024 vid on the Aronia berry too. It's the overall healthiest fruiting shrub! Great hobby and thanks for stopping by! 😊👩🌾
11- 16- 2024 is the date I found out about beauty berry, thanks to this video. I had Googled before “list of berries” or “list of native berries” and beauty berries never showed up. I was researching how to take care of service berry and mulberry when this video showed up in the feed. I love the fact that beauty berry can survive the winter is perfect for an edible landscape.
@@GardenNanny I'm thrilled this vid got traction!!! It finds folks like you and that's exactly the purpose! Thank you for the feedback! I have a list here; my website will be reworked but I'll keep this table, heppy.org/plants. Thanks for stopping by!
I live in Zone 10 southwest coastal Florida. I have let the beauty berry plants sprout up all over my yard from birds spreading the seeds around. I am doing a sort of rewilding of the yard by tearing out the backyard lawn and growing a mix of native plants for the pollinators as well as papaya, pineapple, guava, persimmon, banana, etc for eating. Anyway, it's fascinating how the birds spread seeds around and then they germinate here and there. I also have lemon and avocado trees sprouting up here and there from critters sprading the seeds around the yard.
@gerrylavelle8433 having a lawn vs having beautyberry, papaya, pineapple, guava, persimmon, banana, lemon, and avocado trees. well, you made a very HEPPY choice :). great work, and thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for the wonderful thumbnail card! I have these popping up in my yard (Central Texas) and I was intrigued but couldn’t find any info. The woman who had this property before me incorporated so many lovely surprises that I’ve been hesitant to disturb any of it until I understand what I have on my hands.
@@surewhatever8843 you're very welcome, thanks for stopping by, and have fun discovering the lovely surprises! Sounds like a great space! Similar experience at this property, behind the work of a female predecessor too! 👧🦋🍁
Same here. My neighbor has one, but because the birds don't seem interested, I thought they might not be edible. The birds are all over my place with the mulberry trees I have and other fruit trees. But they don't touch his bush. Also because insects don't bother it, I had some questions about toxicity.
@branchingoutpermaculturewi4766 you're very welcome and thank you for the feedback! i just discovered her a few years ago and i was like, what?!?!?! 🙃😂🤣
I've had mine a couple years now. Didn't think to make jelly out of it. Will try that for the next season. This year we made red bud jelly, which is nice & delicate. It was surprisingly tasty. We also make indigenous lemonade with staghorn sumac clusters in the summer.
I burned some red bud wood in my fireplace and the most delicious smell of barbecue wafted out. I was surprised. That wood is extremely tough to cut, though.
Great video find . Thank you . Could it be that the success of the Beautyberry plant & color of the fruit depends on the type of soil balance like the Hydrangea ? IDK
@roberteinglett2720 great question! there is a subtle range of maroon color and taste of the 5-6 Beautyberry plants across HEPPY! thanks thanks for finding this vid. other winning plants & vids: Goumi Berry, th-cam.com/video/wPxG-HI9ImQ/w-d-xo.html Aronia Berry, th-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/w-d-xo.html thanks for stopping by!
Thank you sir. Did not know I could eat my beauty berrys. This is great they grow here in Central Florida very well.I have a few great plants of them have been here for years. No deer in my yard lol. However I have read cyotes like them. Yep we have cyotes !
I am in Citrus county and I had them for years when a six year old told me they could be eaten I thought she was kidding and found out she was right. They are beautiful and the birds eat them when its cold.
@@heppylifestyle i checked today 12/11 they are american they almost glow on this coldcloudy day there are lots of fruiting shrubs in the woods and yes the coral berries are growing almost side by side our coralberries are pink and you can really see the difference. All of the leaves have fallen and the fruits really stand out we are zone 6 a we have some smilax vines w/berries also. We also have the asian ones on the chicago medians also and they stand out also.
@@williamdenton-qd3sn wow! Well, that's clear feedback -- much appreciated! The berries SO standout at this time of year. No leaves and cluster after cluster of fruit! Thanks for checking! 👩🌾
@@heppylifestyle I am retired i was the native plant specialist for the transportation dept. We planted the asian variety on the medians and i seen the difference . I tried to get the city to get more into natives but they have other ideas .It is so disappointing the money they waste on tropicals and annuals but they want that pop.
@@williamdenton-qd3sn wow, that would be an interesting job! well, planting the medians didn't work out well (for self sustaining plants) but i'm sure you had an impact elsewhere. i see those pollinator patches along the highways now. not too sure if butterflies and speeding cars are a great mix but that's one example of big changes i see. when i was a kid, CA planted things that needed water. that has changed, what's planted looks better and needs less maintenance! thanks again!
They do grow wild in central to eastern Oklahoma. I have seen them along country roadsides there. And a really huge one growing by itself in the Mcghee creek state park about a quarter of a mile down from the main trailhead. and as i mentioned in another comment one volunteered on my mother's lot under a hackberry tree.
I'm glad this video showed up in my feed because I want to add some native plants to my front yard, but I do have questions: Do you know how tall it gets or how deep the roots get? What states are in the beautyberry's native range? Also I'm in an urban area but I'm very close to a park/wooded area where several deer, opossums, raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels and other fauna live & I don't want to plant something so close to my home that will be a magnet for them. I know you said the deer don't like them, but what about the other aforementioned animals? By the way I really enjoyed the video and subscribed. Best of luck to you.
@Mike_1nce_More just try growing it :). and thanks for subscribing! hit the notification bell for more great native fruiting plants! Tall? 3-8', depending on location (sunlight & soil). The get 8' tall in Florida. Roots? Mellow/normal. These are NOT like the roots of Willow or Fig. Range? officially, zones 6-10. Maybe up zone 5 (one commentor said she's growing them in zone 4!). Animals? I'm surrounded by hundreds of acres of forest. i have little problems until this yr. it took 6 years of ZERO mammal predation (except deer) before raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels began picking fruit (this year :/). i have a LARGE garden of fruiting plants. i think squirrels are eating berries but keep in mind, the vid shows Beautyberry in late November and if animal predation was instant, or out-of-control, there would be nothing to film! i recommend that you got for it. that's what HEPPY is -- i gathered general information (heppy.org/plants), did a TON of reading, and then tried growing hundreds of plants :) more about Beautyberry is here, heppy.org/beautyberry thanks for stopping by! hit that notification bell!
I've seen these a lot in Texas. In fact I just saw one loaded with berries the other day! I always thought and was told it was poisonous! In fact, now knowing that it's not. I still don't trust that it's not! But, maybe I might give it a little nibble!? 😮
@@watchchimp3102 make sure u ID is correctly 🥸🤓🧐 but American Beautyberry berries make jam, wine and insect repellent! 🥳. Got to love it 😍 🤩🥳😂. Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Holidays 🧑🏼🌾
@HNly-024 yup, a few different names. French Mulberry, Sourbush, Bunchberry, Purple beauty-berry, Beautyberry, & American Beautyberry. and the Chinese Mulberry is a common name for the Maclura tricuspidata, which I call the Che tree. the Che is featured at the end of this vid, ironically! th-cam.com/video/0hwPQcbHsCU/w-d-xo.html i use species names to avoid the confusion -- it's all confusing enough.... i hear they're common in TX. thanks for stopping by.
I have about 6 plants in my yard..... I did split 2 in the spring and planted the halves right in the ground.... They took well. I wasn't sure if it would work , this winter will be the test.
@sandramoricle7485 bold move. she's a very hardy, adaptive plant. i bet you're experiment works (and thanks for the feedback because I'm transplanting one and I'll look to split the rootball if possible!). thanks for the feedback and for stopping by!
I can't make ours look this good and healthy. We just let the birds plant them where they want. lol It's amazing what gardening those guys will do for us, like planting Turk's cap!
@@katiekane5247 right, because our birds do plenty of harvesting of other berries around HEPPY :/. i set-up a game cam on a Beautyberry but it was too late; stems were already broken, no critter returned, so i'm blaming squirrels. but a few commentors have mentioned bird enjoying the fruit.... you're not alone....
@yolandatharpe8444 making jams is most common. wine seems interesting -- it has a very floral scent. Hope all is well in FL, and thanks for stopping by!
Callicarpa japonica is a little shorter but the branches are more arching & the berries cover the length of the stem. The berries are a fantastic acid green bf ripening. And is a cut&come back plant like Forsythia. Wonderful late season blooming shrub.
@heppylifestyle When cutting for the vase, cut deep. If you cut mid-stem, the remaining stems side grow like crazy, very messy. People make the same mistake with Forsythia. C.americana can be a little sparse or Olive Oylish @ 6'h. C.japonica is 4', arching branches. Since the branch structure is loose, both can be spaced close. Both can be hacked back severely to correct growth.
These grow wild everywhere in and around Tampa. I have a couple in my yard. We almost never get frost here so I guess I've never tasted the berries at their best.
@@oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma9132 that's the best choice! Glad you played it safe. The Coralberry looks similar and it'll get you sick (from what I read).
@arthurgibbons7401 they appear to be very common in the SE. i don't see them wild in Maryland. if i had a ton of them I'd experiment making a mosquito repellant! i'm "itching" to make repellant! 🤣😂🙃. Thanks for stopping by!
Some people confuse them with pokeweed whose berries are poisonous. Pokeweed berries are larger and are more of a blackish purple. Definitely know your plant before trying anything!
@donaldhenthorn5030 EXCELLENT advice. to your point -- for a novice plant person, pokeweed is vaguely similar (to gardeners, the two plants are miles apart). in the vid i show viewers the Coralberry, which is somewhat similar. BUT thanks for giving readers a 'heads up', and thanks for stopping by!
@@FloridaHappyHarvestGarden sorry but I don't. They rarely self seed despite tons of fruit falling to the ground. My webpage (heppy.org/beautyberry) links to this USDA site for seed propagation, but it's not a mobile friendly site, npn.rngr.net/renderNPNProtocolDetails?selectedProtocolIds=verbenaceae-callicarpa-1214&referer=wildflower. Hope this helped and plz subscribe!
We have them growing wild EVERYWHERE. We cut them down, but they come back. Never new you could eat them. The birds don't even eat them. Hmmm East Texas.
@@locnessoftx the feedback & comments I read are interesting. Seems to be very common in the warm southern belt; the bird thing is varied with bird eating 'em up in FL 🫣🤪😂🥳👩🌾
@@willmitchell2553 thank you for replying; Central FL seems to be the hotspot (and I've collected additional locations, SE & NE Texas, SE OK, Alabama, and pine belt of Mississippi).
Heat/drought tolerant, disease/pest-free, not fussy about the soil, and deer DON'T eat it (see it live in this vid!). It grows in zones 6-10, in shade or full sun, and grows to 4-8 feet tall.
Native to North America but virtually no one knows about this plant.... Just weird.... 🤔🤪 🥰
Interested in buying it? Here's the nurseries I've purchased from and trust (small businesses ;), heppy.org/products#nurseries
I have some growing wild can I dig some up and transplant them?Or are they susceptible to stress?
@@Randykoch-t6f I don't have experience transplanting mature Beautyberries. Young ones (1-3 yrs) transplant well (in Jan-March). Hope this helped and thanks for stopping by.
I've seen these growing wild, and didn't know what they were. I live in eastern Oklahoma.
The deer in my yard most definitely eat it. They tear them up. They also tear my chaya up.
@ wow! You have hungry and mean deer!!! 🫣🙃🤣
I live in Florida and our couple of acres are full of them. The deer nest under them as mosquitos hate them. In the fall when you are done canning them, prone them. Take the pruning and put in a big pot 9that you reserve for this) cover in water and simmer till water reduces to about 1/3. Strain and put in spray bottles. You now have a very effective mosqitto repellent.
@cindyhenry9101 that is ANOTHER outstanding comment!
mosquito repellent: cover pruned limbs with water; then, ??simmer or boil?? it until the water evaporates to 1/3rd volume; then strain!
i just have to get around to trying this! thank you for your feedback, and thanks for stopping by! please subscribe!
The first time I saw beautyberry I had to stop. It looked fake with how purple it was. Absolutely beautiful, lives up to its name!
Beautyberry is one of the natives I used to teach in the scouts as a survival resource. Berries, of course you know you can eat. But the key thing we demonstrated is the leaves you can crush up in your hands and rub them on your skin as a mosquito repellent, just like the wax myrtle, another survival plant.
@@PoliteChihuahua this is an awesome comment! Clearly identified the plant and its value! Thank you for stopping by and for your comment 👩🌾🥳
I freeze them & give them to my chickens when they need to be wormed. Its a fav treat of theirs too. Ive made jelly before. Its ok.
That's great info! I have chickens as well.... I'm definitely going to take that advice. Thank you!
I’ve got the American beauty berries everywhere on my property in NE Texas. I make jam and jelly from them every few years. They’re not only good to eat, they’re beautiful when they’re fruiting. They look like big strings of glistening purple pearls.
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I have a yard full of beauty berry! My chickens, love it
As a former floral designer, I used beautyberry quite a bit when it was available, never knowing it was edible. Then, after leaving the floral business, I found out it was, but still haven't had occasion to try it. (I wouldn't eat anything that came from a florist because of the chemicals in the water and that are sprayed on a finished arrangement to keep it fresh.) Now I really wish I had room to plant one.
@sairuhtonin would have been an outstanding addition to a floral arrangement!
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Check your woods it’s grows wild in a large part of south east us.
@@mgeller854 I'm just a bit north of its native range/ just outside its USDA zone (right on the border of 6 and 7), but I wouldn't be surprised if it started to naturalize as more people use it as an ornamental. Something to look forward to, who says climate change is all bad. (/sarcasm)
Shame they use all that stuff... there are organic solutions to everything, i typically am able to find something that is more effective than any chemical
@@zackeryshackelford3864 I think most of the stuff is "organic," insofar as it breaks down in the environment/ isn't petroleum based. Pretty sure the plant food we put in vases is a mix of salts, sugars, and borax. Totally innocuous stuff, but I wouldn't want to ingest it (same for like, SaferSoap or neem oil). Honestly, most things you find in a commercial floral arrangement aren't edible anyway (I mean, the roses are, but they're doused in pesticides and flown in from the global south; good luck finding florist-grade organic roses outside of a major city, and then you're going to pay a huge premium). (Seriously don't get me started on the shortcomings of the floral industry; the ecological footprint is revolting, but capitalism.)
Im in florida and this grows wild everywhere
I have a neighbor w 3 acre field that is covered in beauty berry that I collect & make jelly & syrup out of. It’s our favorite jelly ever!!!
@@Madeulook862 I wonder in what US state (Florida)? 3 acres of Beautyberry provides the scale to harvest plenty for jam making. Great feedback -- thank you! 👩🌾
@@heppylifestyle I’m in the pine belt of Mississippi.
@@Madeulook862 interesting. Grows well in Mississippi's pine belt -- great post! 😀👩🌾
Beautyberry grows all over Florida throughout the woods, fields, side of the road, you can find them just about anywhere here, the birds love em, i pick em and feed em to my chickens, they go crazy for the beautyberries
This is the first that I have hear of it. Thank you so much. I am intrigued.
YUM! I love them. They taste like holiday spices. When I add sugar and lemon to make jam, they remind me of grapes. They are so pretty and grow wild all over where I live in Florida.
@GudrunInTheComments glad you're enjoying them! ☺. Very aromatic, totally different and a beautiful plant!
Wow... you just gave me hope as if grows in Florida it just may grow AZ Phx area! Gonna seek this out!
@@SamManor-r5i Please do! They are one of the coolest looking plants in the autumn months when the berries are all in clusters on the branches. I imagine they would grow fine there as long as they were watered in the summer months regularly and grown in some shade or semi shady area
Wow! I’ve never seen this and now I’m interested. It kinda looks like love lies bleeding.
They grow as weeds down here in Florida. I've made Beautyberry jelly and syrup for about 20 years and love it's honey taste. I eat it every morning mixed in plain yogurt with bran chips on top for crunch and have never grown tired of it. Not only beautiful but we have 15 or more deer daily eating up out yard but NEVER the beauty berry. Even rabbits don't touch it. If you have guinea hens, they will so suppose geese and ducks may but turkey don't. Turkeys here are wild but roam the neighborhood during the fall and I've never seen them eating my beautyberrys. Never seen any bugs eating them. Never watered or fertilized them. They are considred weeds and removed from most property but grow prolifically on fence lines. Fantastic color and they stay in a beautiful round shaped bush. They are deciduous but quickly add their leaves in the spring. If they reduce in berries, I just copice prune them and voila - next year they are even more bountiful. So many think they are toxic - and they are if eaten without cooking and have very little flavor until I sweeten them up making jelly. That eliminates the toxic seeds which can be eaten like 'pop rock' candy but can make you nauseous. I strain out the seeds and never eat the leaves as they contain that toxin. I have no idea why more people don't have them in their yard - they are show stoppers once berries grow they stay attached for several months living up to their name! It is rare to find anyone that uses the berries but wonderful when I meet those rare people so I'm happy to have found your post - thank you for sharing this wonderful plant!
@iartistdotme THAT is a thoughtful response. I love the 'pop rock' candy analogy -- you nailed it.
well, I'm even more glad that you found my post -- thank you for the great feedback. people will appreciate hearing it from others!
Thank you for your very well-informed introduction to such a lovely bush
That plant grew in my backyard. My cousin showed me how to strip all the leaves off of the branch then pop that Branch like it was a whip and all those berries would come flying off in the direction that you popped the whip in.
If you popped that branch at a person those berries would fly off & hit their clothing and skin and sometimes stain them.
We were rotten kids back then.
@@GetajobNofreakingway damn kids 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😎. Thanks for sharing 🙂🧑🏼🌾
Native birdfood. If i see a bb pop up in the property, i mow around it. Let it grow into a beautiful bush. Love watching finches eat and many other birds.
My brother had one of these beautiful bushes at his home in full berry mode and I was hooked. Went home and found a nursery that had them and had two shipped to me. Can’t wait until they get berries. Beautiful bushes.
@lindasowash7054 nice brother! glad you're interested in growing this American Native!
Would you believe that I saw the first plant just yesterday, and I was wondering what type of plant it is, and now this just showed up in my feed.
Now I know, I'm going back for a handful!😊
I have quite a few on my property. The deer DO eat the berries in great quantities, returning day after day during the season sometimes standing on hind legs to reach them. Making beauty berry wine interests me!
@@kevinfaris4840 some commenters are seeing deer eat Beautyberry but I think your adding an important distinction -- it's the berries. Thank you for the feedback. You've got very hungry deer :/. The plant likely gets thrashed in the process. Anywho, I'll have a glass a wine over it! 😂😂😂
Stumbled upon one of these the other day in Sharon, Massachusetts, and then saw one in another yard later on that day. Talk to the owner and Sharon and he didn’t know the name of it. This video just came up in my feed kinda beautiful. The leaves are not very pretty, but to see it in full pruning it is stunning. The color is just awesome.
I remember seeing this when I was a kid, but some of the older folks told me that it was poisonous so I generally avoided it. Good to know that it’s edible. If I see it out again, I’m definitely going to give it a try.
@@dostagirl9551 be sure you identify it correctly 🧐🤓🥳.
Here's the feedback from three family members trying it for the first time ;)
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Grows like a weed here in northwest Louisiana. We have made jelly with the berries, mosquito repellent. But my sheep absolutely love the leaves and berries in the fall. I believe it acts as a natural dewormer in them as well.
I’m so glad I found your channel saw this ! I have recently pulled up quite a few large , beautiful ones cleaning land on family property . Although beautiful 😪 sadly I did’t know they were edible, I thought they were poisonous. There are still some left , I will now handle with care.
Thank you for the video !
I’m In Louisiana
@bonniewilson7392 saved them just in time :). glad you found the channel and will enjoy the American treasure, the American Beautyberry! :)
NC State University website is an excellent resource, especially if there's a risk. I've not read of any risk (on any website to include NIH PubMed). plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/callicarpa-americana/
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I see your 12'high deer fence. Uh oh. I already have checken wire everywhere for my trees.
@MrSummerbreeze01 i got good news and i got bad news; yup, the deer fence you saw keeps deer away from the Green Tea plant, Che, Mulberry, Plum, Seaberry, etc. (heppy.org/plants) ... but this year, the raccoon, ground hog and squirrels went nuts (excuse the pun). be on the lookout! get a dog if it fits your lifestyle.
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Introduced my brother to the plant a few days ago and ate some berries.
Wow, this is impressive! The American Beautyberry is truly an unusual fruiting plant. This video is super helpful, not only teaching how to grow it but also sharing how to use the berries in cooking. I was surprised to learn there are both American and Asian varieties. Thanks for providing such interesting information
@@SeedtoSprout-k3f thank you for taking the time to write that feedback! I'm just sharing a little about this beauty! 😍🤩🥳👩🌾
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Be VERY careful with the Asian!
Dang fruit can come up and everywhere
Very hard to pull up
@@johnrichardson1917 interesting warning ⚠️! Thanks for the feedback (I was/am on the fence with growing one variety of Asian).
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These grow in a nearby park and produce in Spring and late Summer most years. I have made Beautyberry Jelly with them a couple of times. I used cherry molasses as a flavor intensifier, though, because their flavor is so mild.
@@MeMyself-y5n thank you for sharing a secret ingredient for Beautyberry jam!
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Have one. A treat to see in the yard. Always brings a smile to my face.
@ebradley2306 🥰
I have this growing in my zone 4 yard. We didn't know what it was because it's not native to northern Wisconsin it must have been brought by birds in migration but it's doing well here in partial shade. Thanks for the video!
@janetludvik9889 zone 4 is FAR North! wow! it's amazing that it survives but i'm not too suprised.
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These grow all over my property here in Alabama. The deer don't eat them so I thought they weren't edible.
I live in se Texss and learned about beauty berry from the arboretum and was so happy to learn the benefits of this “weed” growing naturally all over my property! However as recently as a few years ago it seemed the jury was still out as to whether the berries were edible. Thanks for clarifying that!
@@jefffernandez678 glad this helped. You probably don't have mosquitos all over the place (or at least, fewer of them 😕).
Several commenters describe making jam from it.
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I stopped on the side of the road some years ago and clipped off a couple branches. I rooted them in water and have had huge, fruit loaded plants since. I have cut mine back quite aggressively a few times but it pops right back. I now have another stand of them in my backyard. I am assuming a bird spread some seed there as I didn't plant it there. My thoughts are they would make a very dry wine due to how antiseptic they are. They have that dry wine effect on the tongue when eaten raw. The berries truly are a beautiful color. So bright and vibrant. So if anyone would like a patch of them then I recommend stopping the next time you see them growing and break off a couple branches. Not the whole branch, just t he first foot to two feet of the tip. If they are in fruit, then remove all fruit and the bottom half of leaves before rooting in water. I live in Orlando Florida and find this plant growing wild all over.
@michellebogle5428 that's A++ insight -- from the wine and flavor profile, to your location.
yup, i'm reading comments the central FL is loaded with Beautyberry. ironic because there's likely more mosquitos there.... nature's balance.
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One of my best moments was spent watching a young buck walk on his hind legs to get to the beautyberries left high on the bush in my front yard. He has definitely had an influence on my decisions whether to reign them in or let them spread like crazy. I need to find a way to use what they don't eat.
@Noneya792 mosquito repellant, jam (try not adding water or too much water) or wine if ya got the time :)
i posted a few leads on my webpage, heppy.org/beautyberry
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There's one of these growing by a fence on my way to work and I had been wondering what it was. I loved seeing it when it had the full foliage and bright neon pink berries. With those colors, I thought for sure I'd be in trouble if I touched it, but now that I know it's safe I'm going to grab some berries and try to grow a few plants.
@rubenalvarado4463 if the berries were pink (not maroon or purple), then you are driving by a very very rare native plant. are you in Texas by any chance? or, in what city?
glad you came across this vid and commented! you may be the first to have mentioned the pink one :). the pink is a variant. it's truly unusual and is rare. thank you for commenting!
@@heppylifestyle Hi, yes I'm in Tyler, Texas. 😃
@@rubenalvarado4463 thanks for replying; the pink was first discovered in Texas. I really wanna see it; I'll have to put Tyler on my radar!
Thanks for the reply.
I have a big bush in my yard. I found some growing in the woods several years ago and brought a small plant home.
@@khamen723 👍
Our cows and pigs eat them! Have since the 60s. It grows wild here in Central Florida.
The timing of the flowers would make them good bee forage. August is often has a dearth of flowers.
Thank you for the video I'm so glad I grow beauty berry also. I discovered it growing on a former property I owned and dug 1 up and moved it to my present home. I haven't yet tasted it this is its 1st year with berries. Take care.
@jeaniegobin1375 thank you for feedback, and the taste is not Blueberry, Persimmon & such. I think it make a great topping on foods; the texture and color is unusual and gives things a "pop"! :)
Wanted one for years, they grow all along the woodline pretty much everywhere around here. Sure enough, birds planted some for me under an oak. Full shade but has gotten to about six feet and loaded with berries. I want to propagate it around the property and mix it in with the rest of my food forest. Truly a beautiful plant that I remember growing up around.
@@williamvillar2519 well fruiting in full shade! Under oaks may be the idea understory location!
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Yes, humans can eat American beautyberries (Callicarpa americana). The small purple berries are not toxic and are often used to make jams, jellies, and wine. However, they are not typically eaten raw because their flavor is mild and astringent. Cooking them with sugar enhances their taste and makes them more enjoyable.
The leaves and berries of the American beautyberry plant are also known for their natural insect-repellent properties.
We have one on our property I planted ~20 years ago. It has been almost 10'tall before I cut it back every year. The birds have "distributed" the seeds around the yard as we now have SEVERAL smaller ones growing wild. I've never actually tried to eat any of the fruits before and leave them for the critters to enjoy...
Thank you, I was looking at these today in a garden and wondered about them. Had no idea you could eat them.
My mom had one of these in her yard. I asked about it and she thought it was not edible. I am delighted it turns out they are edible. I will now have to go get a few.
II just learned about Beauty Berry bushes. I live in the FL panhandle and we have many beauty berry bushes and trees. I collected them this fall to use in dyeing fabrics, etc. I hope to grow some bushes in my own yard. I know individuals who enjoy eating them. I'm wonderiing what mediicinal value we get from eating these berries. I hope to grow some trees in my yard. Thanks for your video. Good job!!!
@maryelizabethcalais9180 i appreciate the feedback and that you are putting them to good use (dye fabric)!
According to the USDA, “The roots, leaves and branches of the American beautyberry were used by the Alabama, Choctaw, Creek, Koasati, Seminole and other Native American tribes for various medicinal purposes. The roots, leaves and branches were made into a decoction that was used in sweat baths to treat both malarial fevers and rheumatism. The boiled plant parts were poured into a big pan that was placed near the patient inside a sweathouse. A similar decoction of the roots was used to treat dizziness and stomachaches…."
heppy.org/beautyberry#edible_fruit
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I clicked on your link. Impressive! Subscribed.
@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn well, thank you! thank you for the feedback, and for stopping by! 🐞
Thanks for the video. We love our naturally growing beauty berry at our home in St Augustine. I didn't know the berries were edible, I might have to try them next year
They loved the tree line at our home. While the deer leave them mostly alone, we did have one that wasn't growing. One day we saw the deer nibbling on the new growth on top. 😂 Once it got a little taller, they left it alone.
These were growing wild in very sandy soil. As you said, no maintenance really. I did prune back about a third of the branches every year on a couple to make them a little leggy and more tree-like. There is a beautiful one in a shady corner that became very wide with a lot of shade under it after I cut it completely back several years ago.
@johnlcallaway excellent feedback about location and your experience with the Beautyberry. Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!
Great video. I've had this on my list of native plants I would love to have! Thanks for reminding me.
@@rhondawhite5202 get the Beautyberry on the list 🤣😂🧑🏼🌾.
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I live in central Florida. It grows wild Around here.
@luckyalexander8881 nature's mosquito repellent ☺
Perfect! Another fruiter that is available that I now know about. Thanks!
@dawnelliott7363 in my wild ambition to out do ??not sure why :)?? i created this table of fruiting plants that grow in zone 7, heppy.org/plants
scroll down to a table on steroids :/. about 450 plants....
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Finally found some this year. I made jelly and saved seeds. I even propagated some cuttings.
How did you propagate it? There's a bush outside the vet's office locally here in central Texas, and I was thinking about asking for a cutting.
@feehanfan9079 did you use rooting hormone; maybe 6" long stems; what medium did you use? just curious....
glad you made jam with it. i bet it's really aromatic!
I've found Beautyberry can take 2 years to sprout from seed. I'd given up on half a flat I'd planted and ignored them. They sprouted second year
@katiekane5247 i should have added this in the vid: year-after-year, i prune-off the long stems with fruit and i see VERY little self-seeding. I wish is self-seeded better!
soil layering has been successful but that takes about a year. i show more soil layering in my Aronia berry vid, th-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pIqSey-f5E5VfGhY&t=646
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I never heard about this! First time I see it too. How unusual.
American beauty berry also makes a good dry stem decoration.
Yes yes yes they grow wild here in Florida
Thanks for another great video!
Picked up plants this year as my new hobby. First I’ve heard of the beautyberry! Thank you!
@@jakethomas6123 excellent news! Welcome!
A list of fruiting plants that grow in zone 7 is here, heppy.org/plants
The table includes hyperlinks to webpages about specific fruiting plants!
Goumi is a particularly awesome fruiting shrub, th-cam.com/video/wPxG-HI9ImQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=k3VS2D_nI5DMG506
If you buy a Goumi, get the Tillamook (Lucile at Whitman Farms).
I got a great 2024 vid on the Aronia berry too. It's the overall healthiest fruiting shrub!
Great hobby and thanks for stopping by! 😊👩🌾
11- 16- 2024 is the date I found out about beauty berry, thanks to this video. I had Googled before “list of berries” or “list of native berries” and beauty berries never showed up.
I was researching how to take care of service berry and mulberry when this video showed up in the feed. I love the fact that beauty berry can survive the winter is perfect for an edible landscape.
@@GardenNanny I'm thrilled this vid got traction!!! It finds folks like you and that's exactly the purpose! Thank you for the feedback!
I have a list here; my website will be reworked but I'll keep this table, heppy.org/plants.
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I’ve been intrigued by it but now that I saw your videos I’m definitely planting beauty berries!
@JoseMartinez-df2db 👏👏👏👏🥳.
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I see these frequently in the Tampa area. Never knew what they were called. Thanks!
I live in Zone 10 southwest coastal Florida. I have let the beauty berry plants sprout up all over my yard from birds spreading the seeds around. I am doing a sort of rewilding of the yard by tearing out the backyard lawn and growing a mix of native plants for the pollinators as well as papaya, pineapple, guava, persimmon, banana, etc for eating. Anyway, it's fascinating how the birds spread seeds around and then they germinate here and there. I also have lemon and avocado trees sprouting up here and there from critters sprading the seeds around the yard.
@gerrylavelle8433 having a lawn vs having beautyberry, papaya, pineapple, guava, persimmon, banana, lemon, and avocado trees. well, you made a very HEPPY choice :).
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Awesome!❤
I’ve been meaning to buy this shrub. Thanks for reminding me 😊
Thank you for the wonderful thumbnail card! I have these popping up in my yard (Central Texas) and I was intrigued but couldn’t find any info. The woman who had this property before me incorporated so many lovely surprises that I’ve been hesitant to disturb any of it until I understand what I have on my hands.
@@surewhatever8843 you're very welcome, thanks for stopping by, and have fun discovering the lovely surprises! Sounds like a great space!
Similar experience at this property, behind the work of a female predecessor too! 👧🦋🍁
I'm in central Florida. Had no idea you could eat them, I just admired them for that incredible shade of purple. Might have to go plant one.....
@@koransky1 a great plant to admire, and to plant! 👩🌾🌱
Same here. My neighbor has one, but because the birds don't seem interested, I thought they might not be edible. The birds are all over my place with the mulberry trees I have and other fruit trees. But they don't touch his bush. Also because insects don't bother it, I had some questions about toxicity.
@@yellowbird5411well, now you know! :)
In northern Florida where I live beauty berries grow wild.
This is exciting information! Thanks for this valuable information ❤
@@nancyn.226 ❤️
i gotta say its my first time hearing about it so now i have to have it thanks heppy
@branchingoutpermaculturewi4766 you're very welcome and thank you for the feedback! i just discovered her a few years ago and i was like, what?!?!?! 🙃😂🤣
I've had mine a couple years now. Didn't think to make jelly out of it. Will try that for the next season.
This year we made red bud jelly, which is nice & delicate. It was surprisingly tasty.
We also make indigenous lemonade with staghorn sumac clusters in the summer.
I burned some red bud wood in my fireplace and the most delicious smell of barbecue wafted out. I was surprised. That wood is extremely tough to cut, though.
Great video find . Thank you . Could it be that the success of the Beautyberry plant & color of the fruit depends on the type of soil balance like the Hydrangea ? IDK
@roberteinglett2720 great question! there is a subtle range of maroon color and taste of the 5-6 Beautyberry plants across HEPPY! thanks thanks for finding this vid. other winning plants & vids:
Goumi Berry, th-cam.com/video/wPxG-HI9ImQ/w-d-xo.html
Aronia Berry, th-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/w-d-xo.html
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I have seen plants like that in Nebraska along the canals walking to Lincon.
Thank you sir. Did not know I could eat my beauty berrys. This is great they grow here in Central Florida very well.I have a few great plants of them have been here for years. No deer in my yard lol. However I have read cyotes like them. Yep we have cyotes !
I am in Citrus county and I had them for years when a six year old told me they could be eaten I thought she was kidding and found out she was right. They are beautiful and the birds eat them when its cold.
I have these growing wild everywhere
40 yeeeeeeeeeears i never heard of or seen it before
There dozens of these on my ranch in Southeastern OK. Very interesting video.
@rockygrindstaff7312 in Southeastern OK -- interesting. thanks for the feedback and for stopping by!
The American Beautyberry❤
Worth looking into... THANKS 🙏🙏🙏
yes our f orest preserves around chicago are full of them as are wahoo and snowberry and cranberry bush viburnum.
@williamdenton-qd3sn well, i'm surprised thy're that far north. it is adapative....
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@@heppylifestyle i checked today 12/11 they are american they almost glow on this coldcloudy day there are lots of fruiting shrubs in the woods and yes the coral berries are growing almost side by side our coralberries are pink and you can really see the difference. All of the leaves have fallen and the fruits really stand out we are zone 6 a we have some smilax vines w/berries also. We also have the asian ones on the chicago medians also and they stand out also.
@@williamdenton-qd3sn wow! Well, that's clear feedback -- much appreciated!
The berries SO standout at this time of year. No leaves and cluster after cluster of fruit! Thanks for checking! 👩🌾
@@heppylifestyle I am retired i was the native plant specialist for the transportation dept. We planted the asian variety on the medians and i seen the difference . I tried to get the city to get more into natives but they have other ideas .It is so disappointing the money they waste on tropicals and annuals but they want that pop.
@@williamdenton-qd3sn wow, that would be an interesting job! well, planting the medians didn't work out well (for self sustaining plants) but i'm sure you had an impact elsewhere.
i see those pollinator patches along the highways now. not too sure if butterflies and speeding cars are a great mix but that's one example of big changes i see. when i was a kid, CA planted things that needed water. that has changed, what's planted looks better and needs less maintenance!
thanks again!
They do grow wild in central to eastern Oklahoma. I have seen them along country roadsides there. And a really huge one growing by itself in the Mcghee creek state park about a quarter of a mile down from the main trailhead. and as i mentioned in another comment one volunteered on my mother's lot under a hackberry tree.
@@jerryadams6799 I appreciate the feedback! And it linked up with a hackberry. Very nice 👍.
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I'm glad this video showed up in my feed because I want to add some native plants to my front yard, but I do have questions: Do you know how tall it gets or how deep the roots get? What states are in the beautyberry's native range? Also I'm in an urban area but I'm very close to a park/wooded area where several deer, opossums, raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels and other fauna live & I don't want to plant something so close to my home that will be a magnet for them. I know you said the deer don't like them, but what about the other aforementioned animals?
By the way I really enjoyed the video and subscribed. Best of luck to you.
@Mike_1nce_More just try growing it :). and thanks for subscribing! hit the notification bell for more great native fruiting plants!
Tall? 3-8', depending on location (sunlight & soil). The get 8' tall in Florida.
Roots? Mellow/normal. These are NOT like the roots of Willow or Fig.
Range? officially, zones 6-10. Maybe up zone 5 (one commentor said she's growing them in zone 4!).
Animals? I'm surrounded by hundreds of acres of forest. i have little problems until this yr.
it took 6 years of ZERO mammal predation (except deer) before raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels began picking fruit (this year :/). i have a LARGE garden of fruiting plants.
i think squirrels are eating berries but keep in mind, the vid shows Beautyberry in late November and if animal predation was instant, or out-of-control, there would be nothing to film!
i recommend that you got for it. that's what HEPPY is -- i gathered general information (heppy.org/plants), did a TON of reading, and then tried growing hundreds of plants :)
more about Beautyberry is here, heppy.org/beautyberry
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@@heppylifestyle thank you for the info, and thanks for replying.
@@Mike_1nce_Moresome gardeners cut it way back in the winter before new growth starts. Makes a tighter shrub. I kinda like the wispy look
@@katiekane5247 thanks Katie
such a beautiful color!
@sdmsdm7926 totally. thanks for stopping by! 🐞
I've seen these a lot in Texas.
In fact I just saw one loaded with berries the other day!
I always thought and was told it was poisonous!
In fact, now knowing that it's not. I still don't trust that it's not!
But, maybe I might give it a little nibble!? 😮
@@watchchimp3102 make sure u ID is correctly 🥸🤓🧐 but American Beautyberry berries make jam, wine and insect repellent! 🥳. Got to love it 😍 🤩🥳😂.
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We have 3 of them in our backyard. They taste faintly like a pear to me.
Thank you for the info!
@@DeKKH thanks for the feedback and yup, faintly pear'ish 🤗😋. Glad you had a taste!!
I have them everywhere in central Texas, found them online, they were called Chinese mulberry and I’ve always just left them alone
@HNly-024 yup, a few different names. French Mulberry, Sourbush, Bunchberry, Purple beauty-berry, Beautyberry, & American Beautyberry.
and the Chinese Mulberry is a common name for the Maclura tricuspidata, which I call the Che tree. the Che is featured at the end of this vid, ironically! th-cam.com/video/0hwPQcbHsCU/w-d-xo.html
i use species names to avoid the confusion -- it's all confusing enough....
i hear they're common in TX. thanks for stopping by.
I want this for my garden!
@@sjenkins91812 great reaction!! 🤩🥳😊😂
I have about 6 plants in my yard..... I did split 2 in the spring and planted the halves right in the ground.... They took well. I wasn't sure if it would work , this winter will be the test.
@sandramoricle7485 bold move. she's a very hardy, adaptive plant. i bet you're experiment works (and thanks for the feedback because I'm transplanting one and I'll look to split the rootball if possible!).
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I did NOT know that the berries were edible. Thank you for giving me one more great thing to love about these plants!!
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One thing to note about beautyberry(learned this the hard way) they can definitely be planted too deep, and they will die very fast from it.
@@realMysta appreciate you sharing that experience 🐞👩🌾.
I can't make ours look this good and healthy. We just let the birds plant them where they want. lol It's amazing what gardening those guys will do for us, like planting Turk's cap!
@ellaboobella8770 what's weird is birds don't eat ours; however, squirrels found them this year. but yes, critters do the planting for us for sure!
@@heppylifestylemaybe your area has better alternatives in berries. In north Georgia, the birds love it.
@@katiekane5247 right, because our birds do plenty of harvesting of other berries around HEPPY :/.
i set-up a game cam on a Beautyberry but it was too late; stems were already broken, no critter returned, so i'm blaming squirrels. but a few commentors have mentioned bird enjoying the fruit.... you're not alone....
I’ve seen those at different places around FL but I had no idea they are edible!
@yolandatharpe8444 making jams is most common. wine seems interesting -- it has a very floral scent. Hope all is well in FL, and thanks for stopping by!
Yes i have 2 in orlando..❤💙💙💙💙💙
@@erikaerika7788 that explains zone 10a. Glad you're enjoying them, and glad you stopped by! Hope all is well in FL....
Going to grow some of these next year!
@@SpiritOfTheHeretic great news! Am glad the vid planted a seed 🤣🥳.
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Callicarpa japonica is a little shorter but the branches are more arching & the berries cover the length of the stem. The berries are a fantastic acid green bf ripening. And is a cut&come back plant like Forsythia. Wonderful late season blooming shrub.
@@MarHar-k1d thank you for the feedback on C. japonica!
@heppylifestyle When cutting for the vase, cut deep. If you cut mid-stem, the remaining stems side grow like crazy, very messy. People make the same mistake with Forsythia.
C.americana can be a little sparse or Olive Oylish @ 6'h. C.japonica is 4', arching branches. Since the branch structure is loose, both can be spaced close. Both can be hacked back severely to correct growth.
These grow wild everywhere in and around Tampa. I have a couple in my yard. We almost never get frost here so I guess I've never tasted the berries at their best.
I had them all over the place at my little farm, but I didn’t know whether or not they were poisonous. I didn’t mess.
@@oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma9132 that's the best choice! Glad you played it safe.
The Coralberry looks similar and it'll get you sick (from what I read).
I have an abundance of them, I thought they were an invasive plant!
@arthurgibbons7401 they appear to be very common in the SE. i don't see them wild in Maryland. if i had a ton of them I'd experiment making a mosquito repellant! i'm "itching" to make repellant! 🤣😂🙃.
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Some people confuse them with pokeweed whose berries are poisonous. Pokeweed berries are larger and are more of a blackish purple. Definitely know your plant before trying anything!
@donaldhenthorn5030 EXCELLENT advice. to your point -- for a novice plant person, pokeweed is vaguely similar (to gardeners, the two plants are miles apart).
in the vid i show viewers the Coralberry, which is somewhat similar. BUT thanks for giving readers a 'heads up', and thanks for stopping by!
I have a few American beautyberry. They are still small, but I will transplant them in the spring. They do well here in N California. Zone 9b
@@vfmnx great to know they do well in northern CA. I started them in pots on SoCal. A lot less fruit.
Thank you for the feedback :)
It's also been used for migraines
All my chickens will eat them but I have one that goes crazy for them.😀
Do you have video to propagate the seeds
@@FloridaHappyHarvestGarden sorry but I don't. They rarely self seed despite tons of fruit falling to the ground.
My webpage (heppy.org/beautyberry) links to this USDA site for seed propagation, but it's not a mobile friendly site, npn.rngr.net/renderNPNProtocolDetails?selectedProtocolIds=verbenaceae-callicarpa-1214&referer=wildflower.
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We have them growing wild EVERYWHERE. We cut them down, but they come back. Never new you could eat them. The birds don't even eat them. Hmmm East Texas.
@@locnessoftx the feedback & comments I read are interesting. Seems to be very common in the warm southern belt; the bird thing is varied with bird eating 'em up in FL 🫣🤪😂🥳👩🌾
I have 2 large bushes in my front yard that came up volunteer. They fruit every year. I've never done anything to them, including watering.
@Okiegirl85 very adaptive plants. i wonder what State & zone you're in?
@@heppylifestyledon’t know where this person is but they just popped up at my place i live near Daytona Beach Fl
@@willmitchell2553 thank you for replying; Central FL seems to be the hotspot (and I've collected additional locations, SE & NE Texas, SE OK, Alabama, and pine belt of Mississippi).