Beautyberry uses

Beautyberry can be just as effective as DEET at repelling insects. The secret to these Beautyberry insect repellent recipes is...

The Beautyberry bush grows all throughout our yard. The plant has beautiful purple berries once a year, so I graciously allowed them to stay in my pitiful garden area since they are also hard to ki…

American beautyberries are a gorgeous native plant that produce edible berries and mosquito-repellent leaves. Find out how to use beautyberries here!

The beautyberry plant, Callicarpa americana, is a remarkable species known for its striking purple berries & lush foliage. Native to southeastern US...

Gathering the berries. I used only the ones at the ends of the branches because they are the last to ripen. I robbed the birds! Many birds feast on our beautyberries (Callicarpa americana) including mockingbirds, catbirds, and cardinals. So I felt guilty removing even one cup of their winter berry supplies, even though I have a dozen bushes plus more berries on the wax myrtles. But I saw a recipe for beautyberry cake in Peggy Lantz's new book, Florida's Edible Wild Plants and wanted to try…

Southern beautyberries are often used as landscaping, but the tiny magenta fruits make delicious beautyberry jelly.

Beautiful clusters of wild purple berries turned into a delicious jelly! Have you ever seen a cluster of the most beautiful purple berries in the woods? They earn their common name of Beautyberry and they are quite edible!

Contrary to popular belief, the brilliant berries are not toxic; they can be used to make...

Easy waterbath canning recipe for making beautyberry jelly

A natural bug repellent that's as effective as DEET and defeats mosquitoes, ants, and ticks? That's the beauty of our beautyberry insect repellent recipe!