Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Multi-season shrub with white spring flowers, glossy red fall berries that persist into winter, and fiery foliage. Tolerates wet or dry soils equally.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~29 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, foundation, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV