Answering the last question first, I took the picture a couple of weeks ago. The berries are bright purple now, so I guess I can harvest some and leave some for the birds. I planted seeds a couple of years ago and honestly don't remember any of them sprouting. One of two things happened: I re-used the soil and the seeds got planted out with other plants, or the bushes I have were not planted by me, but by a bird. This is the only bush I have with berries, but I have another nice sized one and a couple seedlings (I think they are beautyberry because the leaves look the same). The randomness of locations is why I think the birds helped out. From what I have read, there are a few seeds inside each berry. I have not tried harvesting any yet. Becky

As with almost everything else, wait to harvest seeds until the berries at least start to shrivel and turn brown to insure viable seeds. You can pick the berries as they begin to shrivel and let them dry on a plate until they are ready. The seeds are a pale tan color and are shaped similarly to very small tomato seeds although smoother in texture. They can be successfully wintersown. Alana

Oh, that's funny! Didn't even notice that it was the same. Glad I could help. Your post may have bumped down to the second page. There's a forum search feature at the bottom of the page and also a list of available pages you can select. You can either search on "Beautyberry" or your username.

I first grew Laura Bush petunias, in fuchsia and pink, back in 2008. They have reliably and prolifically reseeded ever since. Have not had to sow another seed. That said, Diane's Seeds offers a mix which contains white. Problem there is you won't know what you have in advance. Diane's Seeds Actually, any number of sites offer the mix - Wildseed Farms, Ebay, Amazon, etc. - but I haven't come across any that offer the white ones separately. Good luck. PV