Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' (Beautyberry) Hardiness Zone_8b It is often used as

It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination

It has dark green evergreen  foliage which emerges light green in spring

This species is not originally from North America

and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season

the foliage turns gorgeous shades of gold

Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' (Beautyberry) Hardiness Zone_8b It is often used asGrown primarily for its unusual and highly attractive shiny violet fruit; adding to its beauty is pretty lavender pink flowers in summer; bushy and arching habit of growth, can be pruned back to the ground in spring as it blooms on new wood Profusion Beautyberry is a multi stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees