Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa
Rosaceae

Growth Habit

Shrub

Description

Similar to A. arbutifolia except the leaves and stems are glabrous and the fruit is blackish-purple. Plantsreach 3' to 5' in height (to 10') and tends to sucker profusely thus forming large colonies. Fall color canbe a good wine-red, and the purplish-black, 1/3" to 1/2" diameter fruits are handsome.

Source of plant

Princeton Nurseries, Bill Dilger, Cornell Botanic Gardens

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

fruiting characteristics, fall color