How to Use beautyberry in a Sentence

beautyberry

noun
  • Our viburnum and beautyberry bushes are loaded with berries for the lucky birds who stay here year-round.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Wood chips or gravel are helpful, as are plants like garlic, sage, mint, lavender, beautyberry, rosemary, and marigolds.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2023
  • Gray catbirds, towhees and bobwhite quails flock to the clusters of vibrant amethyst fruits on the American beautyberry bush.
    — Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And for a more natural look, add branches of purple beautyberry, Russian sage, or fountain grass.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The research showed terpenoids and six other species of the mint family had a unique characteristic in the beautyberry genome.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Summer flowering woody plants (crepe myrtle, beautyberry, glossy abelia, nandina) should be pruned before spring growth begins.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Giles will demonstrate how to make an effective bug repellent from Florida native beautyberry.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, one of the showiest shrubs for winter interest is Callicarpa (beautyberry).
    — Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2017
  • After the presentation, lemonade will be available on the patio with a hands-on demonstration of how to make an effective bug repellent from Florida native beautyberry.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • The vibrant purple mask is made with Japanese beautyberry, which contains Vitamin C to help fade dark spots and dramatically brighten skin.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The mask incorporates the same beautyberry, vitamin C, and fruit AHAs as the serum, with the addition of nourishing green tea, algae, and rice.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Neil Sperry addresses American beautyberry and other readers’ gardening questions in his Down to Earth column.
    — ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • For fruits, plant beautyberry, pyracantha, Eastern red cedar, viburnum, hawthorn, sumac, palm, crabapple, serviceberry, dogwood, bayberry, persimmon, black gum, holly, and wax myrtle.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Plenty of decorative berries are ripening too, like those of American beautyberry, winterberry holly, red chokeberry, gray and silky dogwoods, spicebush, American strawberry-bush, several viburnums, and native roses.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2021

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