That is it- saw the bright red and remembered that is exactly what it looks like in the fall- thank you so much!

You may well be correct, Esh. I checked out my native and the white non-native one, and the leaves seem to fit what you said. However, I also went on line and found a great variation in the size of the native Callicarpa leaves! I also found photos that seemed to show some space between the limb and actual berries, i.e., a slightly longer stem. I guess that is why photos can only do so much. We would need to key it out from an herbarium sample or in life. The small bit of research did give me something to do after dark, since I am not a big TV fan. We have had great weather recently for walking outdoors. I even worked a little by planting a few new things! Unfortunately, I also cut a trillium rhizome in half. Maybe I will be lucky and it will make two of them, the "decapitation" I have read and heard about.

It's an azalea. It's been pruned to a tight shape, probably by the cemetary maintenance crew. There are many varieties - different colored flowers, different sizes, so you or your sister should ask about that when you buy one. Sorry for your loss.

Right^... Also, please don't do what I see many homeowners in this town do-cut the plant down in the fall as a part of "garden cleanup". So crazy-as the posts above say, this plant's common varietal name is 'Autumn Joy' sedum! Cutting it down in the fall robs one of the main pleasures this plant offers-a long show of the floral components on into winter. In snow country-like here-they look great for a while, until the snow covers them up. A neat, easy plant that pollinating insects can't seem to get enough of. Don't ever fertilize and like Laurie says, do not water unless you're in some kind of monumental drought. In too-rich soil or too wet, the plant grows huge but flops over and the center opens up. Better in dry, gravelly stuff.