Callicarpa bodinieri Magical Deep Purple Kolmdepu

The Callicarpa bodinieri 'Magical Deep Purple' is a bush that adds a lot of charm to the late season, a time of year when flowering becomes rare. Its intensely purple-pink fruiting attracts attention, arranged in small clusters along its branches. It accompanies a bronze-golden autumn foliage that dresses its bare branches in early winter. It is a very hardy plant that looks striking when planted in groups or as a free hedge, in a sunny or semi-shaded position.

The Callicarpa bodinieri Magical Deep Purple is a type of bush that was recently developed in the Netherlands. It comes from a plant called Bodinier's Beautyberry. This bush is deciduous, which means it loses its leaves in the fall. It is originally from central China and Vietnam. 

The 'Magical Deep Purple' beautyberry is an upright, bushy plant that can grow up to 1.75 metres (5 feet 8 inches) tall and 1.50 metres (4 feet 11 inches) wide. It produces small, white-pink flowers with yellow stamens on the current year's branches between June and July. These flowers are visited by pollinating insects. The plant produces an abundance of berries in early October with a 3.5 to 4 millimetres diameter. These berries are shiny and very vivid purple and group in small clusters along the stems. They remain on the plant until winter. 

The foliage of the plant consists of dark green, elliptical-ovate leaves. They are entire and hairy on the underside. These leaves take on beautiful autumnal hues, varying from yellow to bronze orange to gold. Bodinier's beautyberry can grow in any well-drained soil, as long as it is not too dry in summer and can even grow in limestone soil.

For those who want to enjoy the beautiful fruiting of the Callicarpa Bodinieri Magical Deep Purple in autumn and brighten up the gloomy days of early winter, it is recommended to plant it somewhere prominent. To ensure that it bears plenty of fruit, plant the Callicarpa in groups of three. It also looks excellent alongside Symphoricarpos, which produces autumn berries and ornamental fruit roses. The Callicarpa is a hardy, low-maintenance bush that looks even better planted among a carpet of Stachys byzantina or snow-in-summer. You can also cut its fruit-covered branches and use them to make lovely bouquets with mistletoe and holly.