{"product_id":"black-chokeberry-bush-aronia-melanocarpa-3-gallon-pot","title":"Black Chokeberry Bush (Aronia Melanocarpa ) - 3 Gallon Pot","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Chokeberry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eAronia melanocarpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOther Names:\u003c\/span\u003e Black Berried Aronia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eUSDA Plant Hardiness Zones:\u003c\/span\u003e 3a-8b  \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFind Your Zone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRipens:\u003c\/span\u003e Spring\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePollinators:\u003c\/span\u003e Self Fertile\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHeight at Maturity:\u003c\/span\u003e  4-6' \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWidth at Maturity:\u003c\/span\u003e  4-6'\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSpacing: \u003c\/span\u003e 4 feet for solid hedge; 8'+ for space between plants\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFruit Color:\u003c\/span\u003e  Black to Blackish-Purple\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFruit Flavor: \u003c\/span\u003eTart Apple, Dry Red Wine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFruit Size:\u003c\/span\u003e  Small, .5\" (1\/2 inch)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSun Needs:\u003c\/span\u003e  Full Sun to Part Shade\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWater Needs: \u003c\/span\u003e Average to Low\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSoil Type:\u003c\/span\u003e  Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silt - prefers organically rich soil\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDrainage\/Soil Moisture:\u003c\/span\u003e  Moist But Well Drained, tolerates occasionally dry or wet soils\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSoil pH:\u003c\/span\u003e  5.0 to 7.0 (6 to 6.5 is best)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Black Chokeberry, \u003ci\u003eAronia melanocarpa\u003c\/i\u003e, is a wonderful and easy-to-grow North American native with both ornamental and edible qualities. It's named for the abundant crop of black berries it produces in summer that persist through fall. Many plant it for the birds but people can eat the tart, wine-flavored berries too, fresh off the bush or in jellies and jams. But the fine attributes don't stop with the berries. In spring, abundant clusters of pretty, 5-petaled, 1-inch flowers with white petals surrounding cute pink stamens will be appreciated by the butterflies and beneficial pollinators. Elliptic, 2 to 3 inch long glossy dark green leaves on a mounding shrub 4 to 6 feet tall and wide turn to shades or red and orange with the arrival of cool temperatures in the fall. A versatile plant, Back Chokeberry is excellent for naturalized settings but also tolerating urban settings and pollution well. It thrives in almost any native soil, tolerates cold temperatures down to -40F, loves sun or part shade, and tolerates wet soil and occasional dry periods. An attractive and significantly versatile shrub that can be used to solve difficult soil conditions. What more can we ask for in a flowering fruit bearing shrub?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/span\u003e As with all of our other plants and trees, all of our fruit plants are grown in containers outdoors so they are fully rooted and landscape-ready upon arrival.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLandscape \u0026amp; Garden Uses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGrowing 4 to 6 feet in height and equally as wide, the Black Chokeberry is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings or as a natural hedge along sunny to partially shaded woodland borders and other natural areas such as around streambanks and around ponds. With annual pruning done in late winter it forms a dense shrub suitable for landscape borders. A fine addition to the edible landscape, native gardens, fruit gardens, food gardens, rain gardens, butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, wildlife gardens and white or black theme gardens.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing Preferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA highly adaptive shrub. Black Chokeberry grow best in an acidic, organically rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It prefers a consistently moist soil but tolerates periodically dry soil. The more sun the better for best flower and berry production. To help retain moisture in the soil, it appreciates a 2-to-3-inch layer of compost or organic matter used as mulch. 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