Is Beautyberry deer resistant?
Callicarpa sp.
About Beautyberry
Violet berries in tight clusters along the stems, and a colour nothing else in the autumn garden produces. It flowers on new wood, so cut it hard in spring.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Average garden soil
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 59 to 94 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Beautyberry
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where Beautyberry grows
Hardy across most of these 46 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Beautyberry
- Is Beautyberry deer resistant?
- Beautyberry (Callicarpa sp.) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Beautyberry grow in?
- Beautyberry is hardy in USDA zones 6 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat. That is the range across the genus, so a named species or cultivar may be narrower.
- Does Beautyberry grow in shade?
- Yes. Beautyberry tolerates part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.