I've only just recently discovered Callicarpa Americana growing wild down at our rural cabin property. Found one by the laundry/storage building. Here are some photos I took of it high, hot summertime. Since I didn't know it was there, no watering or tending had been done when these shots were taken. I have since pruned it and discovered an even larger bush with many more trunks nearby in a dense thicket of Ilex (yaupon holly) along the fence. Pruned all 3 and have been watering them heavily, now that I have discovered them. So I'm expecting to see much healthier plants and more berries next Spring and Summer, especially on the largest one of them (not shown below). But they look pretty good for having just been planted by birds and tended by mother nature, don't you think?
Hi nutcutlet & Phillipa. You have both thrown me because when I asked for identification of the first photo taken of this plant earlier in the year, as below, I was advised it was a callicarpa and looking back the leaves have changed in the photo you looked at. So, I am posting another photo taken a little later than the first which has a flower on it and would appreciate your comments.
I agree with @philippa smith2 ... there’s been some sort of mix up. The original photo looks like a callicarpa .... the recent photos are definitely not the same plant ... the leaves and growth habit are very different ... the recent photo is one of the Malva family.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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also looks normal for the time of year
In the sticks near Peterborough
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.