Description
Aronia melanocarpa – Black Chokeberry – This upright shrub from Eastern North America grows 3-6’ feet tall and spreads to 10’ feet wide. It bears densely crowded stems carrying egg shape, hairless glossy mid green leaves, which turn purple-red in autumn. In late spring and early summer it bears corymbs of white, occasional pink tinged flowers to 1” wide. Shiny black berries to 1” wide follow the flowers, which fall immediately. This species is more tolerant of dry soils.
Grow these frost hardy plants in any moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. They can tolerate wet and dry soils.
Zones 3-8
