This has not been a kind year to garden in the Southeast. For all intents and purposes, the rain halted in mid-July and ruthlessly teased us with raindrops separated by yardsticks until late October.

BEAUTYBERRY -- The American beautyberry is a native plant with three seasons of interest. Small flowers appear with the leaves in the spring, summer foliage is a rich green, and fall brings clusters ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/bauhaus1000 Beautyberry bushes certainly live up to their name, thanks to ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. American beautyberry has colorful berries that last long into winter and are ...

Fall is the time to pick Florida's native beautyberries (Callicarpa Americana) now growing on shrubs in clusters along roadsides, in pineland and hammock forests, or in parks. Beautyberries are ...

The natural world isn’t beholden to our lines of logic. As the question (and popular meme) “If not friend, why friend-shaped?” reminds us, plants and animals don’t always act—or taste, for that matter ...

SOMEONE ONCE SAID, “Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts.” They very well might have been thinking of beautyberry. For most of the year, beautyberry is a bit of a wallflower (wall shrub?).

Q. Mosquitoes love me, but I dislike using chemical repellants. I’ve planted several plants reputed to keep the mosquitoes away and recently heard that a shrub called beauty bush is a natural ...

Beautyberry bushes certainly live up to their name, thanks to their striking clusters of purple or white berries throughout fall and winter. The shrubs are low maintenance, though regular pruning will ...