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 x prunifolia \u2013 Purple Chokeberry<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This variable erect shrub is a naturally occurring cross between Aronia arbutifolia and Aronia melanocarpa from Eastern North America and it grows 10\u2019 feet tall and spreads to about 8\u2019 feet wide. \u00a0It produces egg shape matte dark green leaves that are hairy on the undersides, which turn bright red in autumn. \u00a0In late spring it bears corymbs of white sometimes pink-tinged flowers to \u00bd\u201d wide. \u00a0Purple-black berries to 3\/8\u201d wide follow fruits<\/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":26520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[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-160252443"},"_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\/3935"}],"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=3935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3935"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3935"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}