Description
Size (HxW): 5’ x 5’
Growth Habit: Upright
Fruit Size: 1cm
Planting Location: Sheltered
Zone 2b
- Shiny, black berries are great for making jelly & wine
- Edible fruit is astringent, but has good flavour & is high in antioxidants
- If left, berries persist into the winter for birds
- Glossy, dark green foliage turns a fiery orange-red in fall
- Fruit ripens in mid-September
- Self fertile; will produce more fruit with a pollinator
- Fruit lasts on shrub for 3-4 weeks after ripening
- Produces fruit approximately 2-3 years after planting
- Ground Hug Chokeberry is an option for cross pollination
- Plant pollinators within 200’ for best results
- Clusters of white flowers bloom in late May
- Great substitute for chokecherry; similar flavour, less invasive & immune to black knot
- Native to North America
- Fast Growth Rate (10-14”/yr)
