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Bubble Up Beautyberry
Callicarpa japonica 'SMNCJLIEP'
Also called bubble up and bubble up beautyberry
Bubble Up Beautyberry blooms from July through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bubble Up Beautyberry
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–8. Expect it to reach about 5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Bubble Up Beautyberry. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bubble Up Beautyberry
Plant Bubble Up Beautyberry in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bubble Up Beautyberry get?
5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Bubble Up Beautyberry in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bubble Up Beautyberry
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bubble Up Beautyberry about 2.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bubble Up Beautyberry to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bubble Up Beautyberry's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on October 12, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Sooner Plant Farmheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and toxicity
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery, originator and patent assigneeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- Proven Winnersheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- NC State ExtensionCallicarpa japonica speciesbloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farmsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- US plant patent (Google Patents)Google Patents textheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, diseases and pests
- utgardens.tennessee.eduUniversity of Tennessee Gardens, 2026 spring plant sale inventorybloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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