Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa
Common Name: black chokeberry
Family: Rosaceae
Distribution/Origin: North America
Leaf/Bud: single, alternate
Flower/Inflorescence: bloom May, white
Fruit/Seed: purple corymb of berries
Stem/Bark:
Size: height 3 - 6ft, spread 3 - 6ft
Habit: upright, open
Form: mounding, spreading
Culture: full sun - partial shade
Landscape Use: deciduous shrub
Notes: tolerant of many soils, flowers best in full sun
