In article <3C444EAF.F6D27883 at ava.bcc.orst.edu>, Gene Newcomb
<newcombg at ava.bcc.orst.edu> writes
Sounds like C. bodinieri giraldii;
cheers,
robin
>Try Callicarpa (beauty-berry), a member of the Verbenaceae. Several species,
>both American and Asian are cultivated. Sunset Western Garden Book describes
>the fruit as "long-lasting, tight clusters of lavender to violet purple small
>round fruits that last well into winter. Leaves are opposite.
>>Gene Newcomb
>>Charles Brian Proctor wrote:
>>> Could anyone identify this, please:-
>> A woody shrub (~ 2m., no leaves or flowers in January, rather like a
>> leafless buddleia) with small bunches of 30-40 small (3 mm. across)
>> magenta-purple opaque fruits, like mini-grapes. It doesn't seem to appear
>> in the various books e.g. new RHS Encyclopaedia. Brian
>
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