Aronia arbutifolia
red chokeberry

Notes:

Leggy. Best flowering and fruiting in full sun. Dense, upright columnar when young; open, arching, and vase-shaped with age.

'Brilliantissima' is a PHS Gold Medal Award winner.

Native to moist soils and swamps; colonizes quickly.

Sources: Sunset, White Oak, Dove/Woolridge, NCSU, OSU, UConn, Bir.

Tags:

acidic soil preferred
attracts:birds (ex-humming)
attracts:butterflies
attracts:larval host
attracts:mammals
clay tolerant
compacted soil tolerant
deer sensitive
drought tolerant
easy to grow
edible fruit
exposure:full sun
exposure:part shade
fall color notable
fine texture
fire risk low
form:shrub
habit:arching
habit:columnar
habit:rounded
habit:spreading/wide
habit:upright
habit:vase
infertile soil tolerant
native:eastern North America
persistence:deciduous
PHS Gold Medal Award
rich soil preferred
salt tolerant
sandy soil tolerant
showy flowers
slow-growing
stoloniferous/suckering
type:broadleaf
use:border
use:hedge
use:mass planting
use:naturalizing
use:screen
water:ample
water:moderate to little
water:regular
wet soil tolerant
wind tolerant
WON high-value plant


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