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Genus: Aronia Species: arbutifolia- Brilliantissima Common Name: Red Chockeberry Family: Rosaceae Order: Rosales Native: Eastern North America Habit: Shrub Height: 5 to 10 feet Width: 3 to 6 feet Flowering Season: Spring Flower Color: White Propagation: Seed and stem cutting Zone: 4-8 Note: This deciduous shrub is suitable for shrub borders, open woodlands, mass planting, hedges, near streams and ponds. This plant is notable for its red foliage effect in Fall. It blooms and fruits very heavily, and these fruits attract birds. Monitor plant for blight and leaf spot. Prefers sunny to partly shady, moist, well-drained, organic-rich soil.

Comments, Questions, Desire to Support: Contact Mo Fayyaz, Greenhouse/Garden Director, 608 262 2235.

File last updated: 2007.

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