Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees soft as torn paper and

soft as torn paper and lightly fragrant

the kind of saturated violet that catches autumn light beautifully

red berries in the cooler months

the pine barrens

After the twin freezes of 1894 and 1895 laid waste to Florida's groves

Callicarpa acuminata Canopy Trees soft as torn paper andCallicarpa acuminata, the black beautyberry, is the Mexican cousin of the familiar American beautyberry, a deciduous shrub of arching branches that, in fall, lines the stems with clusters of small, shiny berries in glossy black rather than the usual purple. The dark fruit is a quiet, sophisticated turn on the beautyberry idea, set off by the green leaves and lingering into the cool months. Collected in Mexico by the late, great Texas plantsman Lynn