Aronia \u2013 Chokeberry<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are 3 species of deciduous shrubs, in this genus. \u00a0They occur from woodland clearings, scrub and swamps in Eastern North America and with one species being a natural occurring hybrid. \u00a0They are grown for their white sometimes pink-tinged flowers borne in late spring carried in corymbs to 2 \u00bd\u201d wide and for their alternate simple oval, finely toothed 3-4\u201d long leaves that have colorful autumn colors of red and crimson. Their spherical red, purple or black fruit that are borne in late summer and autumn and are also a feature.<\/p>\n

Grow these frost hardy plants in any moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. \u00a0They can tolerate wet and dry soils.<\/p>\n

Prone to Mycosphaerella leaf spot, Cercospora leaf spots, rust, pear slugs, cherry slugs, <\/i><\/em>and the larva of a sawfly<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Aronia melanocarpa \u2013 Black Chokeberry<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This upright shrub from Eastern North America grows 3-6\u2019 feet tall and spreads to 10\u2019 feet wide. \u00a0It bears densely crowded stems carrying egg shape, hairless glossy mid green leaves, which turn purple-red in autumn. \u00a0In late spring and early summer it bears corymbs of white, occasional pink tinged flowers to 1\u201d wide. \u00a0Shiny black berries to 1\u201d wide follow the flowers, which fall immediately. \u00a0This species is more tolerant of dry soils.<\/p>\n

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Aronia \u2013 Chokeberry There are 3 species of deciduous shrubs, in this genus. \u00a0They occur from woodland clearings, scrub and swamps in Eastern North America and with one species being a natural occurring hybrid. \u00a0They are grown for their white sometimes pink-tinged flowers borne in late spring carried in corymbs to 2 \u00bd\u201d wide and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[17,50,30,21,32,41,16,31,20,26],"product_tag":[92],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252441"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3933"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3933"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}