Calicarpa in a pot?
Hi,
a recent impulse purchase saw us coming home with one of these plants, it is quite a large specimen, already over 2 metres in a 10l pot.
We are struggling to find a location for it where it can be appreciated in the winter, and I was wondering if a (very) large pot would be ok?
Does anyone have experience of keeping Calicarpa this size in pots? We would love to keep it on the patio during winter!
a recent impulse purchase saw us coming home with one of these plants, it is quite a large specimen, already over 2 metres in a 10l pot.
We are struggling to find a location for it where it can be appreciated in the winter, and I was wondering if a (very) large pot would be ok?
Does anyone have experience of keeping Calicarpa this size in pots? We would love to keep it on the patio during winter!


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I have a callicarpa growing in my garden, about 12 yrs old, it has never carried many berries but I have now put that down to shallow, poor soil, I also tried a light prune but realised It fruits on 2nd year growth. my next ploy is to give it some well rotted farmyard manure to help it along. It doesn't help that my sister also has a callicarpa in her garden which is thick with berries every year so it could partly be a variation in the stock.
Any plant can be grown in a pot but it will never be as happy as when grown in the garden where it is meant to be.
Agree pot is far too small.
Chill will wake you, high and dry
You'll wonder why.
It is the ‘Profusion’ variety, so I believe this should fruit ok on its own.
Just to add, the pot it is in came from the garden centre, I don’t intend on keeping it in there, just need to work out what to do next!
It it may not look like it in the photo, but the berries are currently plentiful and we enjoy viewing them from inside, next to the window. This wouldn’t be possible in the ground as our borders are away from the house. We also have a garden treatment room which is across the patio, and I’m sure my partners massage clients would appreciate the winter colour, which could only be achieved if it were in a pot.
I will have to have another think about planting it out, it seems like the correct option!