Bodinier’s Beautyberry – 5 Seeds
(Callicarpa bodinieri)
R30.00
Bodinier’s beautyberry is a beautiful shrub that attracts bees, butterflies, and birds to the garden. The berries are edible, but people don’t generally eat them and instead cook the berries to make jelly, tea, and wine. The plant has medicinal benefits and is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Common Names: Bodinier Beautyberry and Profusion Beautyberry.
Indoor Sowing: Mid Winter and Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Late Winter.
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🌿 Shrub Quick Facts
Shrub Info
- 🌍 Origin / Region: China, Indochina
- 🌳 Shrub Features: Flowering, Fruiting (Edible)
- 🌿 Foliage Type: Deciduous
- 📏 Mature Height: 1.8-3m
- 🌸 Flower Color: Lilac
Medicinal Info
- 🌿 Medicinal Part: Leaf, Root, Stem, Twigs
- 🍵 Herbal Preparation: Decoction, Juice, Paste, Poultice, Powder
- ⚕️ Healing System: Chinese Traditional Medicine
Culinary Info
- 🍽️ Culinary Use: Jams and Jellies, Syrups, Wines
- 🥗 Edible Part: Berry
- 😋 Flavor Profile: Spicy, Sweet
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Perennial
- 🌾 Plant Type: Shrub
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Bushy, Upright
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Cold Tolerant, Frost Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Moderately Drought Tolerant
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Fertile, Humus-rich, Loam, Neutral, Slightly acidic, Tolerant of most soils, Well-Drained
Bodinier’s beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Callicarpa of the family Lamiaceae, native to West and Central China. It is a very decorative plant. Growing to 3 m tall by 2.5 m wide, it is an upright deciduous shrub with slender branches and dark green leaves. The shrub attracts bees, butterflies, and birds to the garden.
In midsummer clusters of small lilac flowers are produced, followed by purple berries in tight clusters in autumn. The raw berries are edible, but they are very bitter, so people don’t generally eat them, but some people do cook the berries to make jelly, tea, and wine. The plant has medicinal benefits and is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Common Names: Bodinier Beautyberry and Profusion Beautyberry.
Growing Bodinier’s Beautyberry
Indoor Sowing: Mid Winter and Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Late Winter.
- Seeds should be planted in mid to late winter.
- Soak the seeds in a container of cold water for 24 hours.
- Prepare a tray or small pots with a seed raising potting mix.
- Seeds should be sown just below surface.
- Moisten the soil but do not over water as your seeds will rot.
- Keep pot in warm, bright position with indirect light.
- Make sure the soil is constantly moist but not soggy.
- Ideal temperatures for germination are between 6-18°C.
- Germination can take up to three months or more. .
- Transplant the plants when they are 15cm high.
- Can be grown in full sun or partial shade.
- Fruit production can start after 1 – 2 years.
Can this plant be used for culinary purposes?
Bodinier's Beautyberry is traditionally used for culinary purposes such as jams and jellies and syrups.
Does this plant have medicinal uses?
Traditionally, Bodinier's Beautyberry has a history of use in Chinese Traditional Medicine. Seeds are sold for cultivation purposes only.
Disclaimer
Medicinal Information:
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