American Beauty Berry

Clusters of pale pink flowers crowd the leaf bases from June through August and are followed by extraordinarily bright pink berries from August through winter, 2-6 inch oval leaves, a spreading multi-stemmed shrub, flowers attracts butterflies and honey bees, birds (esp. Mockingbirds) love the berries, host for the Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica), semi-evergreen in the southern parts of its range, drought tolerant. Our seed source is from the very northern part of this species' range - growing wild in Hunterdon Co, NJ!

3-6 foot tall
Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-10b
Woody Shrub

Native Range: NJ, MD & s. MO, south to FL & TX. Rare in MD & NJ

American Beauty Berry - < 6 inch tall in a half gallon pot $18.25 (Temporarily Sold Out*)

*We normally carry this item but are temporarily sold out. We expect to have it available again as soon as our plants in production reach sufficient size/maturity or we harvest more seed. In some cases, plants may be recovering from caterpillar damage (Monarchs love our Milkweed), wind or hail damage, rampaging woodchucks, downed trees, or other natural issues. We are constantly updating our web site so please check back again.

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