Feller Landscape Group
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The Feller Landscape Group
Our choice for the plant of the month...
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Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry
The red
chokeberry is an upright,
spreading, suckering, multi-stemmed shrub with
glossy green
foliage in summer and white blooms in
mid-spring (April).
Plant red
chokeberry in average to moist soil in full sun or part
shade. If planted in a heavily shaded area the shrub will
produce less flowers and fruits.
Install the chokeberry in the spring when the soil is workable
and water well until the plant is established.
Chokeberry is hardy
in planting zones 4-9.
Varieties:
Brilliantissima - a cultivar that nationally known
horticulturist Michael Dirr gives a first-class rating. Its
leaves are lustrous dark green and turn a brilliant scarlet
in autumn; it also has abundant flowers and larger red
fruit.
Excellent
orange and red fall leaf color.
Orange
and red leaves in fall. Rounded, bright red fruit
September-November; edible but not palatable.
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