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Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa): White Flowers, Purple Fruit, Wine-Red Fall Color

Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a medium-size shrub with multiple seasons of interest: showy clusters of white flowers in early summer, dark purple fruits loved by robins, and beautiful wine-red fall foliage. Most effective when massed and allowed to sucker naturally.

Care

Light: Full sun to partial shade.
Soil: Most any soil.
Best fruit production in full sun.

Propagation & Problems

Root softwood cuttings in early summer, or sow seed in seedbed in fall. Nothing serious.

Quick Reference

Height	3–6 ft.
Spread	6–10 ft.
Growth Habit	Spreads
Light	Full Sun to Part Shade
Moisture	Adaptable
Maintenance	Low
Features	Attracts songbirds, native, showy fall foliage, showy fruit
Bloom Time	Early Summer, Summer
Flower Color	White
Uses	Naturalizing, Waterside
Style	Woodland Garden
Type	Shrubs

Other: Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora): Large Shrub with Showy White Summer Flower Spikes; Hollyhock (Alcea rosea): Tall, Classic Cottage Garden Biennial with Colorful Spikes; Stars of Persia (Allium christophii): Huge, Metallic Fuchsia Spheres for Early Summer; Drumstick Allium (Allium sphaerocephalon): Color-Changing Blooms for the Summer Garden; Angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia): Heat-Loving Summer Bloomer for Containers; Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria): Long-Blooming Daisy-Like Flowers; Marguerite Daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens): Continuous Blooms for Containers; Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia): Multi-Season Native Shrub; Figwort (Asarina scandens): Half-Hardy Climber with Indigo to White Flowers; Heath Aster (Aster ericoides): Native Clumping Perennial with Small White Flowers

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