Issai Beautyberry
Issai Beautyberry, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai', is a beautyberry bush that displays outstanding rounded, compact growth habit and early fruiting age. Delicate pink flowers in spring give way to beautiful lavender-purple berries in late summer, so it is one of the best ornamental fruiting shrubs. Issai is a small, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows 2 to 4 feet tall and is primarily included in the landscape for its showy fall display of lilac-violet fruit. This beautyberry bush is to be grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It is crown hardy in zone 4 and prune in early spring if needed. Flowers bloom on new wood and there it shows no serious disease or insect problems. ... more information
Butterfly Bush - White The White Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii 'Alba', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. This deciduous bush becomes weedy and sparse with diminished flowering performance if not grown in full sun. Does poorly in wet conditions. In USDA Zones 5 and 6, this plant will often die to the ground in winter and therefore is often grown in the manner of an herbaceous perennial. Even if plants do not die to the ground in winter, they usually grow more vigorously, produce superior flowers and maintain a better shape if cut to the ground in late winter each year. Removal of spent flower spikes during the growing season will encourage additional bloom, but consider leaving final blooms in place to facilitate reseeding.
