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White Beautyberry 'Bok Tower'

Callicarpa americana ‘Bok Tower’

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1 Gallon USDA Zones 8–10 Full Sun and Part Shade Matures 5–7 Feet

Callicarpa americana 'Bok Tower', a white-fruited beautyberry from Bok Tower Gardens, rings arching stems with clusters of pearly white berries in fall, a cool foil to the purple kinds.

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Callicarpa americana 'Bok Tower' is the white-fruited form of the American beautyberry, swapping the species' electric magenta for clusters of clean, pearly white berries that ring the arching stems in late summer and fall. The pale fruit is cool and luminous, lovely against the green leaves and a striking foil to the purple-berried kinds, and just as good for the birds.

The selection comes from Polk County, Florida, chosen by Jonathan Shaw at Bok Tower Gardens, and performs best in warm southern zones where winters stay mild. Blooming a little later than the species, 'Bok Tower' carries small white flowers in summer before the white berries follow.

Use white beautyberry in a shrub border, a naturalized planting, or a native garden, where the white fruit lights a shaded spot and plays against darker foliage and the purple beautyberries. Like the species, the leaves are the famous southern insect repellent, and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter. A five-to-seven-foot native for warm gardens.

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Plant Profile
At a glance
Hardiness
USDA Zones 8–10
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil
Moist, Well-drained
Mature size
Height 5–7 Feet · Spread 5–6 Feet
Growth rate
Fast
Seasonality
Deciduous
Design Notes

A white-fruited native for a shrub border, a naturalized planting, or a native garden, where the pearly fall berries light a shaded spot and play against darker foliage and the purple beautyberries. Performs best in warm southern zones; cut back hard in late winter for the heaviest fruit on new wood. The crushed leaves are the famous southern insect repellent.

Flower, Fruit & Foliage

Small white flowers in summer, followed by clusters of white berries

Flowers. Small white flowers in clusters at the leaf nodes in summer, a little later than the species, busy with bees. Fruit. Clean, pearly white berries ring the arching stems in late summer and fall, a cool, luminous alternative to the purple beautyberries, and a magnet for birds. Foliage. Pointed, deciduous leaves on an open, arching frame; like the species, the leaves carry the terpenoids behind beautyberry's famous insect-repellent reputation.

Care

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Light. Full sun to part shade; best fruit in at least part sun.

Soil. Well-drained, fertile soil; adaptable to sand, loam, or clay.

Water. Keep evenly moist while establishing; drought tolerant once settled.

Pruning. Cut back hard in late winter to keep the shrub compact and heavy-fruiting, since the berries come on new wood.

Hardiness. USDA zones 8 to 10; best where winters stay mild.

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