Aronia prunifolia
Common name: Purple Chokeberry
With its deep reds and purples in the fall, Purple Chokeberry has one of the finest fall color shows put on by our locally native shrubs. It makes a fine addition to yards that tend to be damp for periods. We recommend that you plant it in sunnier spots of your yard and space it a touch wide so that it doesn't get leggy, which it tends to do when shaded. At one point it was considered, and still is in some books, as a cross between Aronia melanocarpa and Aronia arbutifolia. It is our opinion that it is its own species due to the certain morphilogical cues and that it occurs in areas that the other species do not occur. One of a very fine group of shrubs for birds, butterflies and beauty.
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Plant Details
Plant type
Shrubs
Soil type
Mesic (Not too Wet Not too Dry), Moist Mesic, Wet
Light exposure
Eastern Exposure / Morning Sun, Full Sun
Bloom period
Late Spring
Urban environment
Uncompacted Urban Soils, Yards that Flood
Habitat
Floodplain, Prairie Grasslands, Wetlands
Growth form
Dence Growth Form, Shrubby/Clump
Growth rate
Moderate
Flower color
White
Fall color
Red Orange Yellow
Size
- Mature height
- 6 Feet
- Mature width
- 5 Feet
- Max height
- 10 Feet
- Max width
- 7 Feet
Additional information
Butterfly host plant Pollinator hot spot Edible fruit Rain garden suited
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