Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest The genus honors Georg Josef

The genus honors Georg Josef Kamel

Like other citrus

The genus is ancient: Carya ranged widely in the Tertiary

'Leslie Ann' grows open and upright

though seedlings pull easily

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Splashy' George Forrest The genus honors Georg JosefCallicarpa dichotoma belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae, though the beautyberries wear their kinship lightly. The genus name comes from the Greek kallos, beauty, and karpos, fruit, a promise the plant keeps every autumn, while the epithet dichotoma describes the way the slender branches fork in neat pairs, giving the shrub a tiered, arching silhouette. Native across East Asia, from China and Korea into Japan and Vietnam, the purple beautyberry has