Inkberry can function well in many ways in Georgia landscapes. The small leaves are evergreen, about three-fourths of an inch wide and 2 inches long. They have a smooth, flat, dark green surface. The plant is rounded and often wider than tall at maturity. Its foliage may become purplish red in the winter.
Female inkberries produce small, black fruits in the fall.
The white-fruited forms are harder to find in Georgia nurseries and garden centers. Go to the inkberry article. Chastetree Chastetree is fast-growing as a youngster and easy to care for. It provides beautiful flowers, too, after most other trees and shrubs have quit for the year. The plant leafs out in the spring with fresh, gray-green, compound leaves.