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.
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.)
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
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
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!
@@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! 👩🌾
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!
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!😊
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.
@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, ua-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/v-deo.htmlsi=pIqSey-f5E5VfGhY&t=646 Thanks for stopping by!
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’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!
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!
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! 👧🦋🍁
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! 👩🌾
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!
@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!
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"! :)
@branchingoutpermaculturewi4766 you're very welcome and thank you for the feedback! i just discovered her a few years ago and i was like, what?!?!?! 🙃😂🤣
@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!
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.
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 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 ;) ua-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg?si=wl3_WUTP7wDIKtL7
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.
@@Floridagubatgarden 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!
@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!
For years my front yard has had American Beautyberry (clustered fruit) plants growing. I'll agree they are beautiful grow well without care. I can understand why deer don't eat it. Whenever I trimmed it back to appease overly stringent city "beautification" regulations the plants gave out a disgusting rank smell. I never even considered that the berries might be edible
@@davids9027 I've learned that palates and tastes vary from person to person. Sorry that you don't like the smell and your experience with the local regulators 😌.
@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!
I'm looking for a native fruiting bush that will attract birds like Waxwings. Do these re-seed? I don't want a million of them sprouting in the hedges and other spots. Are they invasive?
@alenaloiselle3604 self-seeding seems to depend on location. several commentors -- especially in Florida -- mentioned the plant growing everywhere. Parts of TX, OK, LA too. for me in Maryland, i see VERY little self-seeding. tons of fruit has fallen to the ground and sometimes i cover the fruit with soil expecting new plants. RARELY does it self-seed for me.
@@alenaloiselle3604 SW pa get a tad colder (as you know) but she'll be fine. try a spring planting if possible. i lost a white and pink Beautyberry and i'm suspicious of a late-fall planting :/ late late winter, early spring. they thrive in Florida so these are heat-loving plants :)
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 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....
@@Not2daysatan yes, prune back the upper growth. The roots need to recover and not feed excessive growth. When to do it? Winter season is optimal. Beautyberry go dormant in Jan-Mar. BUT, Beautyberry are hardy and if you get a lot of roots, Nov seems a good time to transplant 👩🌾. Hope that helped!
@@Mike-yl6hs i should have more recipes on my webpage (heppy.org/beautyberry) but one link I give goes to this gal making jam, jelly and water canning, tableandhearth.com/beautyberry-jelly-water-canning-basics/ Thanks for stopping by! 👩🌾
@@sjwestmo I believe it was a local nursery's "native plants" section. It was so long ago -- I wasn't tracking my plants in the early days (heppy.org/plants). State nurseries sell small barefoot plants. I have a list of a few nurseries here, heppy.org/products#nurseries Hope that helped; plz reciprocate and subscribe & share this vid, and take care!
@mattelmexikendoll transplanting in winter, Jan-Mar is best. Beautyberry is deciduous (sleeps over winter). trim-back the stems; depending on size, leave 2-3 stems that's about 12-16" inches long; she often sends new growth from the base of the plant. Thanks for stopping by and plz sub :)!
@thisbushnell2012 i'm sure it'll adapt to the indoors because it is a hardy plant. use a large enough pot and the right soil (obviously :). however, i do not have personal experience with a beautyberry growing indoors. but were there's a will there's a way :).
@@CryBabysSentimentalHomestead I love that question! That's a Che tree. Link to vid is below. I just listened to my intro and I never mentioned just how great to fruit taste! ua-cam.com/video/0hwPQcbHsCU/v-deo.htmlsi=RSAC5rYCSxZIpah8 No, I've not germinated by seed. I just don't have time. I expected more self-seeding; TONS of fruit drops to the ground. It rarely self-seeds :/
@ @ ur cool for knowing the Che tree! I had a terrible yr of critters' munching all my fruit. I'm thinking it was the drought 💧. Thanks for stopping by 👩🌾.
@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn they're for sure NOT Blueberry, Persimmon, Pawpaw tasty. jam & wine changes flavor profile; for fresh, it's an unusual topping on the right food or something to add to a smoothie. here's my family eating 'em for the first time :), ua-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg thanks again for stopping by! 🐞
@@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn well then, you and will get along just fine 😂. each evening the mosquitos are on me and i'm yet to cook-up a batch! and it is a beautiful, fruiting plant! thanks for stopping by!
these have grown wild in my front yard some bird must have "planted" it. here in south florida. ive actually tried to remove it since i didnt know what it was but it keeps growing back. its a bit invasive i think.
@@rayikaikin from all the comments, I see that Beautyberry is very common in Florida. It's such a benign plant -- hope it doesn't become too much of a problem ☺️👩🌾.
@laneeacannon1450 i'll give you my secret if you subscribed.... oh, what the heck. if you want them dirt cheap, then buy from a State Nursery. i list reputable nurseries AND several State nurseries here, heppy.org/products#nurseries. just curious, what state/county are you in?
@erikaerika7788 10a -- very nice. i'm in a sweatshirt and ur not :/. oddly, birds don't eat ours. this yr, the squirrels found HEPPY and i have the fattest squirrels in the States 🙄😲🤯
@@DGibsonxioi'm reading that Firebush is Hamelia patens. It's an attractive perennial shrub and a pollinator magnate. drought-tolerant once established. looks to be native to the tip of Florida (and in many regions south, to Argentina!). Thanks for stopping by, and for subscribing (i saw that in your prior post)! Much appreciated!
I live in west central Florida. The plants will spread over the yard if not cut yearly. Birds eat the berries and leave purple poop all over. The seeds are burrs and stick to clothing.
@dhmartin8762 only by this vid and the commentors do i see how common Beautyberry is in FL. wow....purple poo is definitely a sign of many Beautyberry 🤣😂
@no_boundaries great question! i got curious and searched NIH PubMed for a bit and got no hits. It's simply not known as something to eat and it's repellent properties only recently studied and confirmed :/. USDA has something on nutrient on leaves & twigs but i don't recommend eating that! www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/calame/all.html Great questions, and thanks for stopping by!
@barrykingery4252 i had ZERO mammal predation (except deer) for 6-7 years but THIS year, raccoons, groundhogs and squirrels began picking fruit. Something is picking-off the Beautyberries :(. It may be squirrels. but you SHOULD take a deep dive, and that's appreciated. 1) very little documented use of the berries by Native Americans (naeb.brit.org/). 2) NIH PUBMed (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) is a great source for reports on health/risk. Each of my webpages for plants explores the topic, heppy.org/beautyberry thanks for your concern! let me know what you find because i'm ALWAYS learning!
@@Sindarielle thank you. seems to love the southern belt! So far commentors gave me, Florida, SE & NE Texas, SE OK, Alabama, and pine belt of Mississippi. well, thanks again!
@@michaelvaughn7137 well, if there is relationship between taste and antioxidants, then the Goji Berry or Aronia Berry are the winners, ua-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/v-deo.htmlsi=CdZfhX6zeKBzcIA3 Thanks for stopping by!
@donaldjones8920 well, I'm glad you have this native treasure! to your point, Beautyberry is definitely not Persimmon or Blueberry tasty. a few commentors make jam; i think it adds wonderful color to a Thanksgiving meal.
@@DGibsonxio buying from a reliable nursery or State nursery are options! heppy.org/products#nurseries but yes, don't give up :) and maybe ... my Welch's Pink will sprout next year!
@richardstevens3461 it's definitely not Blueberry or Persimmon tasty. flavor becomes richer after a frost. but with the high aromatic qualities (i failed to mentioned) it would make a remarkable jam, wine and looks outstanding as a topping on dishes :)
@jamie_marie_82 I'm sure that chickens can eat Beautyberries; i grew up with chickens and they have bullet proof stomachs; and commentors are writing that birds eat their Beautyberries and i'm guessing they're in the south. Maryland birds don't eat Beautyberry 🥰. Hope that helped!
@@mujkocka grow what I can't -- Seaberry / Sea Buckthorn (heppy.org/seaberry) and haskap berry (goes by several names). Those two come to my mind; we're a little too warm and they make outstanding nutritious fruit 👩🌾. Blueberry and Chokeberry are winners! You may already be growing them 🤪😂. I'm sorta wondering what part of the world ur in.... Thanks for stopping by!
@pierreboyer9277 it's not Blueberry, Persimmon, etc. that's for sure. this is NOT a high Brix/sugar fruit. AND, i failed to describe it's aromatic qualities. here's my family tasting it for the first time, ua-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg
@Palmleaf23 grow it cause it's native; pest/disease/drought free; fill-in a space in full sun or heavy; so, don't eat it and move on. if someone was ambitious and not old like me, make the damn mosquito repellant from it! get MCR - Mark Cuban Rich! shit, now i'm getting ambitious thinking about it.🙃🤑 and be sure to wash your before eating -- back at ya🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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.
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!
hope all is well, and thanks for stopping by!
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.)
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
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
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!
Introduced my brother to the plant a few days ago and ate some berries.
Thank you for your very well-informed introduction to such a lovely bush
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! 😀👩🌾
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!
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!😊
American beauty berry also makes a good dry stem decoration.
The timing of the flowers would make them good bee forage. August is often has a dearth of flowers.
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!
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, ua-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/v-deo.htmlsi=pIqSey-f5E5VfGhY&t=646
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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’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 these frequently in the Tampa area. Never knew what they were called. Thanks!
Thank you, I was looking at these today in a garden and wondered about them. Had no idea you could eat them.
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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Yes yes yes they grow wild here in Florida
I have these growing wild everywhere
Have one. A treat to see in the yard. Always brings a smile to my face.
@ebradley2306 🥰
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! 👧🦋🍁
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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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 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 have seen plants like that in Nebraska along the canals walking to Lincon.
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!
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"! :)
Thanks for another great video!
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?!?!?! 🙃😂🤣
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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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!
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 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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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 🐞👩🌾.
40 yeeeeeeeeeears i never heard of or seen it before
I clicked on your link. Impressive! Subscribed.
@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn well, thank you! thank you for the feedback, and for stopping by! 🐞
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! :)
I want this for my garden!
@@sjenkins91812 great reaction!! 🤩🥳😊😂
Do you have video to propagate the seeds
@@Floridagubatgarden 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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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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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!
such a beautiful color!
@sdmsdm7926 totally. thanks for stopping by! 🐞
I've seen those but didn't know what they were.
For years my front yard has had American Beautyberry (clustered fruit) plants growing. I'll agree they are beautiful grow well without care. I can understand why deer don't eat it. Whenever I trimmed it back to appease overly stringent city "beautification" regulations the plants gave out a disgusting rank smell. I never even considered that the berries might be edible
@@davids9027 I've learned that palates and tastes vary from person to person. Sorry that you don't like the smell and your experience with the local regulators 😌.
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....
I'm looking for a native fruiting bush that will attract birds like Waxwings. Do these re-seed? I don't want a million of them sprouting in the hedges and other spots. Are they invasive?
@alenaloiselle3604 self-seeding seems to depend on location.
several commentors -- especially in Florida -- mentioned the plant growing everywhere. Parts of TX, OK, LA too.
for me in Maryland, i see VERY little self-seeding. tons of fruit has fallen to the ground and sometimes i cover the fruit with soil expecting new plants. RARELY does it self-seed for me.
@@heppylifestyle Thanks for the reply! I'm in SW pa, just a bit chillier than my friends in Maryland. Might be the shrub I'm looking for.
@@alenaloiselle3604 SW pa get a tad colder (as you know) but she'll be fine. try a spring planting if possible. i lost a white and pink Beautyberry and i'm suspicious of a late-fall planting :/
late late winter, early spring. they thrive in Florida so these are heat-loving plants :)
All my chickens will eat them but I have one that goes crazy for them.😀
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
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 have 2 that need to be moved here in Central Florida. Can I move them now? Should I cut them back first?
@@Not2daysatan yes, prune back the upper growth. The roots need to recover and not feed excessive growth. When to do it? Winter season is optimal. Beautyberry go dormant in Jan-Mar. BUT, Beautyberry are hardy and if you get a lot of roots, Nov seems a good time to transplant 👩🌾. Hope that helped!
Wow, beautiful and where do I get one in California, Los Angeles.
No berries this year, I guess too many hurricanes
@cathymatthews5147 i'm glad you're onboard with them 😀 but sorry to hear about being in hurricane alley 😟. be well!
Here in SC our Beauty Berries have NO taste and are mealy, mushy. Had hoped you'd give a recipe for. m
@@Mike-yl6hs i should have more recipes on my webpage (heppy.org/beautyberry) but one link I give goes to this gal making jam, jelly and water canning, tableandhearth.com/beautyberry-jelly-water-canning-basics/
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Where did you buy yours?
@@sjwestmo I believe it was a local nursery's "native plants" section. It was so long ago -- I wasn't tracking my plants in the early days (heppy.org/plants).
State nurseries sell small barefoot plants. I have a list of a few nurseries here, heppy.org/products#nurseries
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I have one that grew right along with a rose bush. I'd like to separate them, when is the best time to do that?
@mattelmexikendoll transplanting in winter, Jan-Mar is best.
Beautyberry is deciduous (sleeps over winter). trim-back the stems; depending on size, leave 2-3 stems that's about 12-16" inches long; she often sends new growth from the base of the plant.
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For zones 4-6, domthey do well in pots?
@thisbushnell2012 i'm sure it'll adapt to the indoors because it is a hardy plant. use a large enough pot and the right soil (obviously :). however, i do not have personal experience with a beautyberry growing indoors. but were there's a will there's a way :).
You said Jam JAM? Sweet jammy jammy.. Means PIE ooo Pie
@@AMPProf 😂☺️👩🌾
What tree is behind you at 09:00 ? Have you ever grown beautyberry from seed?
@@CryBabysSentimentalHomestead I love that question! That's a Che tree. Link to vid is below. I just listened to my intro and I never mentioned just how great to fruit taste!
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No, I've not germinated by seed. I just don't have time. I expected more self-seeding; TONS of fruit drops to the ground. It rarely self-seeds :/
@heppylifestyle I have a young che tree! ❤️ It flowered this year and made fruit, but critters beat me to the harvest. Very cool!
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@ ur cool for knowing the Che tree! I had a terrible yr of critters' munching all my fruit. I'm thinking it was the drought 💧.
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Lol, i do edibles and i NEVER saw an indication it was edible and i thought it was too good to be true!
@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn they're for sure NOT Blueberry, Persimmon, Pawpaw tasty. jam & wine changes flavor profile; for fresh, it's an unusual topping on the right food or something to add to a smoothie.
here's my family eating 'em for the first time :), ua-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg
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@@heppylifestyle I am very interested in it's bug fighting and germ fighting qualities as well its to die for gorgeous berries!
@@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn well then, you and will get along just fine 😂.
each evening the mosquitos are on me and i'm yet to cook-up a batch! and it is a beautiful, fruiting plant!
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these have grown wild in my front yard some bird must have "planted" it. here in south florida. ive actually tried to remove it since i didnt know what it was but it keeps growing back. its a bit invasive i think.
@@rayikaikin from all the comments, I see that Beautyberry is very common in Florida. It's such a benign plant -- hope it doesn't become too much of a problem ☺️👩🌾.
My understanding of it is that it is native to Florida. I would’t worry about it becoming invasive.
Where can we buy them?
@@laneeacannon1450 i bought 2 little cuttings on ebay ,,they did great
@laneeacannon1450 i'll give you my secret if you subscribed....
oh, what the heck. if you want them dirt cheap, then buy from a State Nursery. i list reputable nurseries AND several State nurseries here, heppy.org/products#nurseries.
just curious, what state/county are you in?
I have 2 in zone 10a...the birds eat all the berries😂.... firebush its also agreat bush for birds
@erikaerika7788 10a -- very nice. i'm in a sweatshirt and ur not :/.
oddly, birds don't eat ours. this yr, the squirrels found HEPPY and i have the fattest squirrels in the States 🙄😲🤯
@@heppylifestylewhat is fire bush?
@@DGibsonxioi'm reading that Firebush is Hamelia patens. It's an attractive perennial shrub and a pollinator magnate. drought-tolerant once established.
looks to be native to the tip of Florida (and in many regions south, to Argentina!).
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I live in west central Florida. The plants will spread over the yard if not cut yearly. Birds eat the berries and leave purple poop all over. The seeds are burrs and stick to clothing.
@dhmartin8762 only by this vid and the commentors do i see how common Beautyberry is in FL. wow....purple poo is definitely a sign of many Beautyberry 🤣😂
What are the nutrients
@no_boundaries great question! i got curious and searched NIH PubMed for a bit and got no hits. It's simply not known as something to eat and it's repellent properties only recently studied and confirmed :/.
USDA has something on nutrient on leaves & twigs but i don't recommend eating that! www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/calame/all.html
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Hmmm...why dont the deer eat the berries?...im gonna have to read up on as to why they dont...usually i wont eat anything an animal will not eat...
@barrykingery4252 i had ZERO mammal predation (except deer) for 6-7 years but THIS year, raccoons, groundhogs and squirrels began picking fruit. Something is picking-off the Beautyberries :(. It may be squirrels. but you SHOULD take a deep dive, and that's appreciated.
1) very little documented use of the berries by Native Americans (naeb.brit.org/).
2) NIH PUBMed (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) is a great source for reports on health/risk.
Each of my webpages for plants explores the topic, heppy.org/beautyberry
thanks for your concern! let me know what you find because i'm ALWAYS learning!
Wow, I have a ton of these things on my farm. I thought it was a poisonous weed.
@@Sindarielle double wow! It's an American treasure -- ya can make wine from it🥳. What region of the states?
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I’m in northeast Texas and they’re all over the place here. They grow crazy well in my wooded area.
@@Sindarielle thank you. seems to love the southern belt!
So far commentors gave me, Florida, SE & NE Texas, SE OK, Alabama, and pine belt of Mississippi.
well, thanks again!
Is there a difference in taste and antioxidants ?!!! Always thought it to be a weed ! Of course whats a weed ?!!!
@@michaelvaughn7137 well, if there is relationship between taste and antioxidants, then the Goji Berry or Aronia Berry are the winners, ua-cam.com/video/2qsoMgS5KmM/v-deo.htmlsi=CdZfhX6zeKBzcIA3
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Is it related to coffee?
@r.guerreiro140 not that i'm aware of. Coffee is in a different plant family, Rubiaceae.
I have a bush growing wild. Berries may be edible but they are not tasty. Guess that's why animals don't eat them.
@donaldjones8920 well, I'm glad you have this native treasure! to your point, Beautyberry is definitely not Persimmon or Blueberry tasty. a few commentors make jam; i think it adds wonderful color to a Thanksgiving meal.
Maybe make it a syrup or jam with lots if sugar. :)
@@sexywarriorwomen and wine, for those who are patient 😂😋🥳
Just ordered seeds for next year. Will start them in January ^_^
@@Omegawerewolfx nice 👍. Keep us posted!
@@heppylifestyle I can do that
Some one in the feed here said it takes two years to sprout! Don't give up.
@@DGibsonxio buying from a reliable nursery or State nursery are options! heppy.org/products#nurseries
but yes, don't give up :)
and maybe ... my Welch's Pink will sprout next year!
I find the berries to have such little favor that they are hardly worth the effort. The plant does require no care.
@richardstevens3461 it's definitely not Blueberry or Persimmon tasty. flavor becomes richer after a frost. but with the high aromatic qualities (i failed to mentioned) it would make a remarkable jam, wine and looks outstanding as a topping on dishes :)
@@heppylifestyle Yeah I've done that. Not my thing. Someone made it into a liquor that people liked. Once again, not my gig.
Anyone know if chickens can eat the beautyberry plant and berries?
@jamie_marie_82 I'm sure that chickens can eat Beautyberries; i grew up with chickens and they have bullet proof stomachs; and commentors are writing that birds eat their Beautyberries and i'm guessing they're in the south. Maryland birds don't eat Beautyberry 🥰. Hope that helped!
I’m pretty sure I have commented recently where someone called it chicken mulberry actually so hopefully that answers
Ah too bad.. I live in zone 4b
@@mujkocka grow what I can't -- Seaberry / Sea Buckthorn (heppy.org/seaberry) and haskap berry (goes by several names).
Those two come to my mind; we're a little too warm and they make outstanding nutritious fruit 👩🌾. Blueberry and Chokeberry are winners! You may already be growing them 🤪😂.
I'm sorta wondering what part of the world ur in....
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It certainly look interesting, but is it actually tasty? Or is it an edible but quite bland fruit?
@pierreboyer9277 it's not Blueberry, Persimmon, etc. that's for sure. this is NOT a high Brix/sugar fruit. AND, i failed to describe it's aromatic qualities. here's my family tasting it for the first time, ua-cam.com/users/shorts05MUbtf0Gdg
Very bland 😂but birds love them😅
@@erikaerika7788 flavor seems to change after a frost -- it's a richer flavor. but yes, it's not Blueberry or Persimmon for sure....
Haha. He grow em but he don’t eat em
@@zach9962 well, Beautyberry is not Blueberry or Persimmon delish. No worries -- just enjoy the extraordinary look! 👩🌾🥳😎
@@heppylifestyle 🤣🤣🤣
@@heppylifestyle I do love the jam! Thanks for the better taste after the first frost tip!
It’s a repellant to me too. That plant stinks!
Please dont miss ID this and eat some Poke Weed.
@JustSumGuy great idea!
nobody grows it cuz it tastes like shit. Take a half bird eaten blackberry over this anyday
critters like it and they need to eat too
@Palmleaf23 grow it cause it's native; pest/disease/drought free; fill-in a space in full sun or heavy; so, don't eat it and move on.
if someone was ambitious and not old like me, make the damn mosquito repellant from it! get MCR - Mark Cuban Rich! shit, now i'm getting ambitious thinking about it.🙃🤑
and be sure to wash your before eating -- back at ya🤣😂🤣😂🤣