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Berry Scape Aronia
Aronia arbutifolia 'UCONNAA001'
Also called berry scape, berry scape red aronia and berry scape red chokeberry
Berry Scape Aronia blooms from May through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Berry Scape Aronia
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 4.5 ft tall and 4.5 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 Berry Scape Aronia. 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 Berry Scape Aronia
Plant Berry Scape Aronia 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 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms in May.
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 Berry Scape Aronia get?
4.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult4.5 ftwideSee Berry Scape Aronia 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 Berry Scape Aronia
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Berry Scape Aronia about 4.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Berry Scape Aronia 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
Berry Scape Aronia's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 10 published sources on October 5, 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.
- Proven Winnersthe brand's national siteheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, pests and toxicity
- Missouri Botanical GardenAronia arbutifolia, the SPECIESheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and toxicity
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoice (the brand's flowering-shrub site)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- NC State ExtensionAronia arbutifolia, the SPECIESsun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- journals.ashs.orgHortScience 61(1):213-215, the breeder's cultivar release (Mark H. Bra...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.orgNative Plant Trust Garden Plant Finder (Aronia arbutifolia, the SPECIES)hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP36,882 (inventor Mark Henry Brand, University of Con...height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, diseases and pests
- waysidegardens.comWayside Gardensheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- journals.ashs.orgHortScience 61(1):213-215, the breeder's cultivar release: the publish...bloom months and color and trait tags
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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