Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) brings four-season interest to your landscape with spring flower clusters, glossy summer foliage, vivid red fall color, and showy dark fruits that often persist into autumn. You can use it as a specimen, in shrub borders, or in naturalized plantings where it can slowly form a colony by suckering.

Give it full sun to part shade. In full sun you will typically get the best flowering and fruit set, but it remains adaptable in lighter shade. This shrub tolerates a wide range of soils, including periodically wet sites, making it a solid choice for rain gardens and low areas that stay moist at times. Once established, it also handles short dry spells. In some landscapes it is reported to tolerate salt spray, so it can be useful where winter road salt or coastal exposure is a factor.

At maturity it commonly reaches about 36-72 inches tall with a similar 36-72 inch spread. Plant with enough room for air flow and future width, and expect new shoots to emerge from the base. If you prefer a tighter outline, prune in late winter or just after flowering, and remove unwanted suckers at the soil line. The edible fruits are quite astringent when raw, but they are often used for jams, jellies, juice, or wine.

Hardy in USDA Zones 3-8, black chokeberry is also valued for wildlife. The flowers draw pollinators in spring, and the fruits provide fall food for birds, helping your planting do more than just look good.

Specifications

• Cold hardiness zone: 3-8 (-40 degrees F) - Contact your local extension to confirm hardiness if you are in a fringe zone (we cannot guarantee hardiness in fringe zones)
• Light: Full sun   Part sun
• Growth rate: Moderate
• Mature height: 36-72"
• Spread: 36-72"
• Tolerant of: Drought, Wet Conditions, Salt
• Attracts: Birds, Butterflies
• Good for borders & edging: Yes
• Edible: Yes
• Native to the U.S.: Yes

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