Close up image of white flowers with delicate pink stamens from an aronia shrub
Hedge full of white aronia shrubs
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
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Close up image of white flowers with delicate pink stamens from an aronia shrub
Hedge full of white aronia shrubs
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
Low Scape Snowfire™ AroniaA flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs logo
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Low Scape Snowfire™ Aronia

Shrub

  • Support local pollinators and wildlife with this native flowering shrub.
  • A flurry of dainty white blooms covers this shrub each spring!
  • Bright fall foliage and heavy berry set give this plant multi-season appeal.
  • Zones 3-9, sun to part sun, 4' tall x 4' wide at maturity.
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Size: One Quart
$34.00
Sale: $34.00 Each
Total: $34.00
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Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
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Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee
Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
Shipped to Your Door
Arrives as a Young Plant
60 Day Risk-Free Guarantee

Description

Who said hardworking shrubs couldn't be beautiful? Low Scape Snowfire™ aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) is a native shrub packed with charming flowers, dark berries, and landscape appeal! Support local pollinators with a graceful shrub adored by bees and butterflies. Its low mounding habit makes it perfect for low hedges, a groundcover, or the ideal backdrop for summer flowering plants. This mid-sized shrub looks great throughout the seasons! In spring, it's covered in a flurry of white flowers; in summer, its flowers are replaced by lush green foliage, and come autumn, it's dotted with fruit and vibrant fall color. Low Scape Snowfire™ aronia is similar to garden favorite Low Scape Mound® Aronia, just with more blooms to enjoy and a slightly larger habit. Tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions, this shrub from Proven Winners ColorChoice is easy to grow and love.

Details

Botanical name: Aronia melanocarpa 'SMNAMPEM'
Patent #: PP #34116
Common name: Aronia, chokeberry
Zone: 3 – 9
Sun exposure: Sun (> 6 hours sun) to part-sun (4-6 hours sun)
Height x width: 3-4' tall and wide
Flower color: Pink
Foliage color: Green
Season of interest: Spring
Bloom time: Midspring
Features: Suitable for slopes, Proven Winners, native, heat tolerant, ground covers, fall colors, dry soils, drought tolerant, cold tolerant, best for beginners
Uses: Groundcover, edging, flower gardens, wildlife gardens, native plant gardens

How to Grow

Soil: Grows in any well-draining soil; tolerant of challenging conditions such as salt, compaction, pollution, and dryness.
Light: Sun (> 6 hours sun)
Water: Average water needs; do not overwater.
Spacing: 3 - 4'
Fertilizing: None needed.
Winterizing: No specific care is needed.
Maintenance & pruning: Pruning is not required, but if you wish to prune, do so in early-mid spring, before the growth begins to harden.

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Do you dream of a flower-filled landscape or garden with never-ending beauty? We do, too: that’s why we’ve compiled a list of our favorite long-blooming shrubs! Start your planting with these ten flowering shrubs that provide months instead of weeks of colorful blooms.

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Plant spacing is based on the ultimate width of the plants. This figure is normally given as a range; for example, 3-5’. If you live in a cold climate and/or want plants to fill in more quickly, plan to space at the shorter end of the range. If you live in a warm climate, are on a limited budget, or are willing to wait longer for plants to touch, use the higher end of the range. Using the larger number is recommended when calculating distance from a building or structure. There’s really no such thing as "maximum spacing": if you don’t want your plants to touch, you can space them as far apart as you’d like. All plant spacing is calculated on center, or in other words, the centers of the plants are spaced one half of their eventual width apart:

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Unless you are planting in a straight line, as you might for hedges or edging, space your plants in a staggered or zig-zag pattern for a more interesting and naturalistic look:

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Not sure just how many plants will fit in your garden? Our calculator gives you the exact amount of plants required for your space. Simply update the values and the calculator will re-calculate accordingly. Spacing information can be found in the 'How to Grow' tab on each plant's page.

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B.B. (New Hampshire)

Low Scape Snowfire™ Aronia

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K.A. (New York)
healthy plants; packaging is challenging

I purchased many small (quart) shrubs from Great Garden Plants this summer. I am pleased with the quality. Plants arrive well trimmed back to allow shipping (and reduce water loss?) but they were well-rooted and will grow well in spring, I am sure. Nice plants. My only quibble is that using the metal rings and tight plastic make it very difficult to remove plants from their pots without potentially damaging the plants. Another company uses plastic and rubber bands, and I have never had an issue with spilled dirt. Please consider that.

Hello! Thank you for sharing your feedback with us! The size and maturity of the plants varies widely depending on the time of the year you purchased and if they were recently trimmed. The important thing when it comes to purchasing plants, whether online or in a garden center, is that they have a full, robust root system, and that's what we prioritize in our greenhouses. The more roots a plant has, the more energy it can put into growing once it is planted in your garden. We do keep our plants trimmed to encourage strong root development! When packaging our plants we want them to be as secure as possible, which can make it difficult for unboxing the plants. We do have a video on our YouTube channel detailing the best way to unwrap your plants without any damage here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gucAOaQviWc. Hope this helps, happy gardening!

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M.C.

Can Low Scape Snowfire™ Aronia take full sun in zone 9a?

Great Garden Plants

Yes, you can grow Low Scape Snowfire™ Aronia in full sun in zone 9.

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I.t.p.d.r.

Is this plant deer resistant?

Great Garden Plants

It varies. In areas with heavy deer activity, they may eat the flower buds in early spring, when food supplies are scarce. However, they do not typically continue browsing aronia after that, so are unlikely to cause severe or disfiguring damage to the plant itself.

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K.C.

The Low Scape Snowfire™ Aronia is listed as a native shrub...but native to where? There are several different "native areas" in the United States and they have specific environments, particularly soils and their specific makeup, that the native plants thrive in; North East, East Coast, Western... And is this a straight native, or is it a hybrid? I look forward to hearing from you.

Great Garden Plants

Low Scape Snowfire aronia is native to Eastern North America, from Newfoundland to southern Ontario and Minnesota south to Missouri, Tennessee and Georgia. It's a hybrid cultivar developed by Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs!