Callicarpa formosana is a kind of ornamental flower with low summer, lush foliage, soft color and pleasing to the eye. In autumn, there are many purple fruits, as beautiful as pearls.
It is suitable for planting on the edge of lawn, beside rockery, in front of steps, in corners and roadside, and can also be used in foundation planting, such as planting in front of evergreen trees.
Callicarpa formosana is a deciduous shrub with a height of1~ 2.5m. ..
Branchlets are slender, slightly quadrangular, lavender, and the tender tips are slightly stellate.
Leaf blade papery, obovate.
Cymes are inserted above the axils of leaves, with 2 ~ 3 branches, lilac corolla and flowering from June to July.
Drupe is spherical, purple, about 2 mm in diameter, and its fruiting period is 9 ~ 1 1 month.
Callicarpa microphylla is a subtropical tree species with strong adaptability.
I like warm and humid climate, and I don't have strict requirements on soil, but I like fertile and humid soil.
Hardy.
I like light, but I can also resist yin.
Developed root system and strong tillering ability.
Strong germination ability, strong cutting is easy to grow branches, so young trees should not be hard cut.
After the crown is formed, attention should be paid to pruning small side branches frequently to promote the budding of hidden buds into branches.
You can eat fruit in winter. Pruning should be done before germination in winter or early spring every year, but not immediately after flowering.
Before sprouting in spring every year, in addition to cutting off the branches that are too dense and too thin, the newly-grown lateral branches should also be appropriately shortened to ensure the beautiful tree shape, which is also conducive to the renewal of branches and promoting more flowering and fruiting of plants.
Re-cut once every 3 ~ 5 years to update the plants.