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Black Chokeberry Seedling

bare-root plants
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$24.00
Item: 7586-A
stock details: 1–3' bare-root plants
$108.00
Item: 7586-B
stock details: 1–3' bare-root plants
Aronia melanocarpa

3-6' × same. 

Plant several for an attractive native hedge and for the nutritious blueberry-sized fruits, excellent for juice, jam and syrup. Or interplant with perennials in a wildflower garden. Everything about this plant is lovely from spring foliage emergence, to flowering, to fall when the branches are pendulous with ripe fruit and leaves turn bright red.

Summer foliage stays glossy and bright, free of disease. 

Each one of these seedlings are genetically unique. Native to eastern U.S. Zone 3/4.

Maine Grown.
ships in spring
Quick Details
Maine Grown
Yes
Color
black
Hardy to Zone
3
Compare
Compare with other Chokeberries
Variety Product Type Maine Grown Color Hardy to Zone
Red Chokeberry Seedling bare-root plants red 3
Black Chokeberry Seedling bare-root plants Yes black 3
‘Viking’ Black Chokeberry bare-root plants Yes 3
Additional Information

Small Trees and Shrubs

As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”

Chokeberries Aronia spp.

Aronia has gotten a lot of press in recent years as a superfruit: it has wonderful medicinal qualities, works well in a range of culinary applications and is an important wildlife plant in the native landscape. Both red (A. arbutifolia) and black (A. melanocarpa) chokeberries are edible when cooked, but we emphasize the red for wildlife, while the black may be a better choice for medicine and food. Black chokeberries are commercially cultivated for their high levels of antioxidants and myriad health benefits. Both species are small rounded shrubs with blueberry-sized fruit and electric-red fall foliage.

Begins to bear fruit in its third year and increases to full yield around five years. Ripens in late July or early August. If not harvested, the berries will hang on the bushes until songbirds eat them in late winter. Will form colonies, especially when planted in partial shade. Not particularly picky about where it grows: adaptable to moist or dry areas, sun or partial shade. Susceptible to borers—check stems near the base for frass in midsummer. Native to eastern U.S. Self-fruitful.

Shipping

Items from our perennial plants warehouse ship from early March through mid-to-late May, weather depending, beginning with warmer USDA zones.