Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

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Description

Type: Deciduous shrub

Family: Rosaceae

Height: 3-6 feet

Spread: 3-6 feet

Native Range: Eastern North America, found only in Stoddard county in Missouri

Site Requirements:

Soil: tolerant to wide range of soil types

Water: Medium

Sunlight needs: Full sun to part shade

Tolerates: wet soil

Landscape use: Hedge, rain garden

Brief Description: Open, upright, spreading, rounded but leggy shrub. Best used in naturalized areas where suckering colonial habit does not need to be restrained.

Wildlife Benefits

Possible Problems: No serious insect or disease problems. Some susceptibility to leaf spot and blight.

Stand out Features: Showy white flowers in spring

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Additional information

Common Name

black chokeberry

Scientific Name

Aronia melanocarpa

Native Range

Eastern North America

Zone

3 to 8

Height

3.00 to 6.00 feet

Spread

3.00 to 6.00 feet

Bloom Time

May

Bloom Description

White

Sun

Full sun to part shade

Water

Medium

Maintenance

Low

Suggested Use

Hedge, Naturalize, Rain Garden

Flower

Showy

Attracts

Birds

Fruit

Showy, Edible

Leaf

Good Fall