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 <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Autumn Magic\u2019 <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Black Chokeberry<\/b><\/strong> \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 1\/4\u201d wide follow the flowers, which hang for long after leaves drop. \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":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[17,50,30,21,32,41,16,31,20,26],"product_tag":[],"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-160252442"},"_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\/3934"}],"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=3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3934"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3934"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}