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Photo of purple beautyberry branch with autumn leaves, progressively fragmented by geometric pixel-mosaic glitch effect from left to right.
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
sarahlonges.bsky.social
Berry Merry Christmas #fsprintmonday @fotospeed.bsky.social

A festive tree decoration, a #bluetit, on purple beautyberry at #RHSGardenWisley 💜 #Nature is the gift that keeps on giving! I’m forever grateful for it 🌍 #wildlife #birds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
My favourite festive tree decoration this year is this sweet little blue tit, seen here feeding on purple beautyberry (callicarpa), at RHS Garden Wisley a few weekends ago at a festive meetup for members of the SheClicks community. The background of the image is a soft graduation of colours starting with hints of orange in the lower left corner, turning to yellow and then green in the right hand half of the piece. These are the colours of the shrubs and ferns behind the subject seen completely out of focus. The purpleberry shrub has slender branches that are a greyish in colour and bear vibrant purple berries in clusters along the stems. A shallow depth of field was used to create patches of blurred purple bokeh from berries on stems in the fore and background of the main subject. The blue tit is perched centre left of the landscape aspect image. It’s in profile with its head turned to look to the right along the length of its body. Centre right of the image is text in a handwritten style that reads “Berry Merry Christmas”. Here’s a description from Google of the Blue Tit: A small, vibrant European bird known for its bright blue cap, white cheeks with a black eye stripe, yellow breast, and blue/green wings, making it a common and attractive garden visitor. About 12cm long, it's agile, often seen hanging upside down foraging for insects and seeds, with females slightly paler than males. 
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
karhunaiti.bsky.social
Beautyberry comes by its name honestly; these bright berries are a welcome sight in a bleak winter landscape. Extra bonus: edible fruit for both man & beast. Callicarpa americana is a native mint family member. The crushed leaves also repel mosquitos. #foraging #photography #naturalinsectrepellent
Bright purple berries of the Beautyberry bush last into winter and provide food for people, birds, and animals. Bright purple berries of the Beautyberry bush stay on bush through most of winter. People, birds, and animals can eat the edible berries.
December 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
sarahlonges.bsky.social
Berry Merry Christmas
Belated #SeasonsGreetings2025 🎄 A festive tree decoration, a #bluetit, on purple beautyberry at #RHSGardenWisley 😊💜 #Nature is the gift that keeps on giving! I’m forever grateful for it 🌍 #wildlife #birds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #fujifilm_uk #RHS @rspb.bsky.social
My favourite festive tree decoration this year is this sweet little blue tit, seen here feeding on purple beautyberry (callicarpa), at RHS Garden Wisley a few weekends ago at a festive meetup for members of the SheClicks community. The background of the image is a soft graduation of colours starting with hints of orange in the lower left corner, turning to yellow and then green in the right hand half of the piece. These are the colours of the shrubs and ferns behind the subject seen completely out of focus. The purpleberry shrub has slender branches that are a greyish in colour and bear vibrant purple berries in clusters along the stems. A shallow depth of field was used to create patches of blurred purple bokeh from berries on stems in the fore and background of the main subject. The blue tit is perched centre left of the landscape aspect image. It’s in profile with its head turned to look to the right along the length of its body. Centre right of the image is text in a handwritten style that reads “Berry Merry Christmas”. Here’s a description from Google of the Blue Tit: A small, vibrant European bird known for its bright blue cap, white cheeks with a black eye stripe, yellow breast, and blue/green wings, making it a common and attractive garden visitor. About 12cm long, it's agile, often seen hanging upside down foraging for insects and seeds, with females slightly paler than males. 
December 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
alxnelson.bsky.social
2025 favorite images, Day 23: A male northern cardinal sits on an American beautyberry branch with clusters of berries at his feet and a single berry held in his bill. #birds
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
squeakitties.bsky.social
GOOGLE BEAUTYBERRY RIGHT NOW
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
timwatson.bsky.social
a pair of Spot-Breasted Orioles in the firebush and beautyberry in our backyard just now: the first I've seen here in many years

(not great photos, I know!)
A Spot-Breasted Oriole perched looking upward in a firebush shrub A Spot-Breasted Oriole perched a firebush flower in its beak
December 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
earthwindfirewater.bsky.social
Don’t forget callicarpa (beautyberry)
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
#MagentaMonday
#Bloomscrolling
#MacroMonday
#EastCoastKin
#MobilePhotography
The Callicarpa bush, aka American Beautyberry, has been one of the stars this summer and, though now fading fast as is the year, it still manages to provide a last bit of colour on grey English Mondays.
A bunch of dark purple Callicarpa berries, some starting to rot, hang on the stalk of the bush. Photo: iPhone 15 Pro using macro lens attachment.
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
rayofsunshyn.bsky.social
The American Callicarpa - The Beautyberry💜
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
superstitiousshop.bsky.social
✨ New Blog Post: American Beautyberry – Berries of Protection & Enchantment ✨

Explore the folklore, magick, & witchcraft uses of this vibrant woodland ally. 🌿

Read more: firewolfwitchinthecity.blogspot.com

#witchcraft #beautyberry #plantmagic #folkmagic
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
landguyminor.bsky.social
These are the beautyberry ten feet away.
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
loujnicholls.bsky.social
Good morning
Its likely to be a vile day but improving, take care if you're having to drive in it
We will be mostly trying to avoid

Callicarpa bodinieri
Aka beautyberry, known for its unreal purple berries that remain on the plant for a long time due to their astringent taste

Have an awesome day🌱
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
housedigest.bsky.social
Take hardwood cuttings of around 8 inches from the American beautyberry in December so they have time to root before being planted outside next spring.
The Perennial Shrub You Should Propagate In December For Double The Plants In Spring - House Digest
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December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
quantumfairy.bsky.social
#vss365 During the berry wars, the red holly berry choristers launched a fusillade of mince pies against the #magenta beautyberry carolers, who replied with a barrage of figgy pudding. The beautyberry's retreated under the firmer pastry of the mince pie barrage. And so we sing, The Holly & The Ivy.
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
theresita.bsky.social
Beautyberry and pineapple guava bush in December sun.
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
aumnh.bsky.social
💜 #DYK American Beautyberry gets its purple color from plant pigments called anthocyanin, or antioxidants to protect the plant!

🍇 “Berry” excited to highlight the #SpecimenOfTheWeek!

✨American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
✨Credit Alex Abir on @inaturalist.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
pondering-skies.bsky.social
A lovely #bluebird visiting the #beautyberry bush in our back yard today
#birds #wildlife
#birdphotography #nature
#naturephotography
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
inspiredepicurean.bsky.social
Don't eat the berries raw (bitter), but you can make a jam or jelly from them. I simmered with some water, mashed, and added stevia extract; though, next time I'd like organic sugar for the sweetener. It has a light, floral taste!

‼️ Just don't forget to leave some for the birds!

#veganfood
overhead image of beautyberries in saucepan closeup of beautyberry jam on biscuit
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
inspiredepicurean.bsky.social
🐦 First time I've seen #birds eat #beautyberry - and this is why it's an essential source of food during the winter months.

If you live in these states, please add this shrub to your landscape 👉🏽 AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA

AND you can make #jam from it! (See comments)
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
tridral.bsky.social
Gweinyddiaeth ac Ysbrydoliaeth, www.blipfoto.com/entry/344207..., #blipfoto, @blipfoto, 2025-11-30
Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Beautyberry porffor (Callicarpa dichotoma) Description (English) : Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma) འགྲེལ་བཤད།(བོད་ཡིག) : སྨུག་པོའི། (sMug poi) Purple
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
tridral.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy
Gweinyddiaeth ac Ysbrydoliaeth, https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3442072200037794110, #blipfoto, @blipfoto, 2025-11-30
Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Beautyberry porffor (Callicarpa dichotoma) Description (English) : Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma) འགྲེལ་བཤད།(བོད་ཡིག) : སྨུག་པོའི། (sMug poi) Purple
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
housedigest.bsky.social
Add American beautyberry, Chokeberry, Red osier dogwood, or redbud hazel to your garden for border color and texture through the autumn season.
14 Colorful Shrubs Perfect For Autumn Border Gardens - House Digest
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November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
bicyclegal.bsky.social
American beautyberry
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
porcelainsiren.bsky.social
on the left, with dark green leaves and deep red berries, wintergreen or winterberry.

on the right, with light green leaves and bright purple berries, callicarpa or beautyberry.
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM