A medium size graceful shrub producing a prolific amount of purple fruit.
Pronunciation
(kal-i-KAR-pa)(dye-KOT-oh-ma)
Plant Type
All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
5-9
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average, moist
Soil & Site
moist well drained
Flowers
small, pinkish-lavender, in cymes forming small shiny lavender fruit, blooms on new wood
Fruit
prodigious amounts of small purple-lavender berry-like drupes, located in the axis of the leaf petiole and stem, lasts for a short period of time after leaf drop
Leaves
bronze-purple new growth followed by dark green foliage, yellow in fall
Dimensions
3-4 feet high and wide
Maintenance
flowers occur on new wood, prune after flowering
Propagation
cuttings
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org)