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Years ago, when I first saw a hedge of beautyberry bushes with their metallic lavender berries, I was sure someone had gotten creative with spray paint.

It’s true: Fall inventory levels aren’t what they are during the busy season, and you might have to put your name on a wait list for that beautyberry, but discoveries await those who go looking for them.

Here’s how I might work beautyberry into a home landscape: To start, I’d choose a deep bed with plenty of room for a number of plants that collectively will carry interest throughout the year — up against an evergreen hedge is ideal.

Summer clusters of demure pink flowers along the stems of beautyberry attract bees and butterflies.

With cooler temperatures and shorter days, fall foliage on both the purple moor grass and the beautyberry turns golden, like they’re grasping at the diminishing sun.