Native Shrub
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: medium to moist
Soil: moist, acidic soils
Water: medium to moist
Soil: moist, acidic soils
Height: 8' to 12'
Spread: 6' to 9'
Bloom Time: May
Bloom Description: White
Leaf: Good Fall Color
Fruit: Showy, Edible, purple to black
Pollinator Benefits: good nectar and pollen source for many varieties of native bees; fruit for birds; Larval host for Hairstreak butterflies and large variety of moths
Pollinator Benefits: good nectar and pollen source for many varieties of native bees; fruit for birds; Larval host for Hairstreak butterflies and large variety of moths
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Purple Chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia) - Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Wide range of soil tolerance including boggy soils. Best fruit production usually occurs in full sun. Remove root suckers to prevent colonial spread. Plants reportedly come true from seed.
Fruits ripen in late summer and persist throughout fall and well into winter. Ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves (to 3” long) are grayish-green and hairy beneath. Foliage turns wine red in autumn. This hybrid has a range of Newfoundland to Ontario south to Virginia and Indiana.
Source: www.missouribotanicalgarden.org