american beauty bush

American Beauty Bush With Blooms

@kareng (80243)

United States

July 14, 2020 10:30pm CST

I have an American Beauty Bust with blooms on it. I need to go check on it as this photo was taken last week. I don't want to miss this one in bloom. I also spotted another one along the property line. I need to dig that one up and plant it in the yard. This plant was once thought to be toxic but it is not. It will cause a belly ache if you eat too many berries and especially if they are not ripe. The birds love them here and I will need to be on my toes to catch it! Have you ever heard of the American Beauty Bush? © 2020 Karen Gros, All rights reserved.

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@moffittjc (128835)

• Gainesville, Florida

15 Jul 20

I have never heard of it. But I probably see them all over the place and just don't pay much attention.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I had never heard of them until I saw it here in the middle of the huge camilia bush and investigated!

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@moffittjc (128835)

• Gainesville, Florida

16 Jul 20

@kareng It looks to be a fairly common type of plant, one that could be all around us and we just never notice or pay attention.

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@moffittjc (128835)

• Gainesville, Florida

20 Jul 20

@kareng How would you know when the berries are fully ripe and safe to eat? That would be my fear, is not knowing the proper time to eat a berry. My luck, I would grab one that isn't ripe yet and then get sick from it.

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@DaddyEvil (174480)

• United States

4 Aug 20

Hmmm... I could be mistaken but I think your plant is an American Beautyberry Shrub. (Do the little flowers turn into purple berries?)

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

7 Aug 20

That's it! I've just always known them to be called American Beauty Bushes. I have never harvested the berries, the birds beat me to them!

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

9 Aug 20

@DaddyEvil Not really planning on it unless I use them for dye in soap making maybe. The birds always strip this bush before I notice that the berries are even ripe. I don't go on that side of the house very ofen!

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@DaddyEvil (174480)

• United States

7 Aug 20

@kareng Uhm... I hope you never find the need to harvest the berries, Karen... While they aren't poisonous to humans they are distinctly bitter. Usually, wild animals won't eat the berries until they can't find any other food in winter to eat.

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@LindaOHio (222417)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I've never heard of it. It looks like a very healthy plant.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

It has limited space up there in the middle of the old camellia bush.

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@sarik1 (7818)

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15 Jul 20

No .looking beautiful pretty .

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

Yes, it is.

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@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

15 Jul 20

No, I haven't heard of it. You've got a digging job maybe this weekend?

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I'll wait until fall if I tackle it. There are several things that need cleaning out there. I recently discovered a rose bush in there as well. And an oak tree growing. Root space is limited!

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

20 Jul 20

@oahuwriter I have seen those before. I have about 10 that I need to identify. One of my gardener friends sent them along with a seed trade and I'm clueless! Now I need to make a succulent bed.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

16 Jul 20

@kareng Lots to do as you plan your garden. Do you know about succulents, perhaps you can identify this one. I got nowhere trying to find it in my own.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

15 Jul 20

Have seen these but never had them in the yard.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I need to try to root a cutting! This one is old and in the middle of the old camelia bush.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

15 Jul 20

@kareng Would love a camelia.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

20 Jul 20

@CarolDM I have a couple of bricks down on lower branches to try and root a couple of new ones. This plant is old! I have never seen one this big before. It is now past the first floor of my house's roof!

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

15 Jul 20

I haven't heard about this plant yet but it really has a beautiful name. I am sure its blossom will be beautiful according to its name

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

The berries are a deep purple.

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@Letranknight2015 (52665)

• Philippines

15 Jul 20

Nope, this is the first time I have heard of it.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

15 Jul 20

Have never seen them here

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I had never heard of them until I started investigating some of the things I have found here. Always interesting!!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69176)

• Centralia, Washington

15 Jul 20

That's a pretty bush,

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

Thanks!

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jul 20

I haven't heard of this bush. I hope one day you'll have some photos of the blossoms to show us.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

I need to edit the title to "buds." It produces a dark purple berry.

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@Butterfingers (66603)

• India

15 Jul 20

Just heard now but yes am aware of belly ache if we eat unripe berries

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

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@Adie04 (17405)

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15 Jul 20

What a beautiful nature.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

Agreed!

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@piyushbhatia1 (11695)

• India

15 Jul 20

That looks like a great plant to me.

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@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 20

Yes indeed!

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Jul 20

I'm not sure if I have. I remember seeing a bush with berries on them when I was growing up. I would eat the berries. No one told me I couldn't. They were small red berries.

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

15 Jul 20

Yes, I have them all over. Love the berries

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