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 |
