Aronia melanocarpa (Black chokeberry)

Photo/Illustration: Kristina Jensen, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum

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Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa ah-ROE-nee-ah mel-an-oh-KAR-pah Common Name: Black chokeberry Genus: Aronia

Black chokeberry is a medium-size shrub with multiple seasons of interest. Starting with showy clusters of white flowers in early summer, followed by dark purple fruits greatly appreciated by robins, this adaptable shrub closes the growing season with beautiful, wine red fall foliage. Black chokeberry is most effective when massed in the landscape and allowed to follow its natural tendency to spread by suckering.
Noteworthy characteristics: Showy flowers; purple fruit that attracts birds; red fall color. U.S. native.
Care: Provide full sun to partial shade and most any soil. Best fruit production occurs in full sun.
Propagation: Root softwood cuttings in early summer, or sow seed in a seedbed in fall.
Problems: Nothing serious.

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posted by yoonstar
6/27/2008
Region: Pacific Northwest
Zone: 3

I want to know about seed propagation and planting

posted by yoonstar
6/27/2008
Region: Pacific Northwest
Zone: 3

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Photo/Illustration: Kristina Jensen, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum

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