Aronia melanocarpa
(black chokeberry)
(black chokeberry)
Category: Shrubs
Height: 3 – 6 feet
Spread: 5 feet
Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: IA
Fruit: blackish-blue, berry-like fruit persistent into winter; showy on some cultivars; edible
Comments & Cautions:
best fruit production in full sun
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium or Dry
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
rounded; may sucker to form colonies in good growing conditions
Foliage
glossy green leaves; red fall color; medium texture
Flowers
small; white to pale pink in open clusters; May