Description
Size (HxW): 6’ x 6’
Growth Habit: Upright
Fruit Size: 1cm
Planting Location: Sheltered
Zone 2b
- Shiny, black berries are great for making jelly & wine
- Edible fruit is astringent, and is high in antioxidants
- If left, berries can persist into winter and attract birds
- Fruit ripens in mid-September
- Fruit lasts on shrub for 3-4 weeks after ripening
- Self fertile; will produce more fruit with a pollinator
- Ground Hug Chokeberry is an option for cross pollination
- Plant pollinators within 200’ or less, closer is better
- Produces fruit approximately 2-3 years after planting
- Clusters of showy white flowers bloom in late May
- Sold more often as an ornamental than for its fruit
- Glossy, dark green summer foliage turns an intense red in fall
- Great substitute for chokecherry; similar flavour, less invasive & immune to black knot
- Fall colour makes this a great substitute for Dwarf Amur Maple and Winged Burning Bush, cold hardier than both
- Fast Growth Rate: 10-14”/year
- Native to North America
