Aronia x prunifolia

• Attributes:

  Genus:

  Aronia

  Country Or Region Of Origin:

  eastern US

  Wildlife Value:

  Fruit attracts birds.

  Play Value:

  Wildlife Enhancement

  Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):

  range of soil types: wet, dry, poor;

• Whole Plant Traits:

  Plant Type:

  Shrub

  Tree

  Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Habit/Form:

  Erect

  Rounded

• Cultural Conditions:

  Light:

  Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

  Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

  Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:

  4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b

• Fruit:

  Fruit Color:

  Black

  Purple/Lavender

  Display/Harvest Time:

  Winter

  Fruit Description:

  Fruit attracts birds. This plant has lustrous purplish-black drupes that persists into winter.

• Flowers:

  Flower Color:

  White

  Flower Inflorescence:

  Corymb

  Flower Size:

  < 1 inch

  Flower Description:

  This plant has 0.5-in., white flowers on terminal corymb.

• Leaves:

  Leaf Characteristics:

  Deciduous

  Leaf Color:

  Gold/Yellow

  Green

  Purple/Lavender

  Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:

  Purple/Lavender

  Red/Burgundy

  Leaf Type:

  Simple

  Leaf Arrangement:

  Alternate

  Hairs Present:

  No

  Leaf Description:

  This plant has alternate, simple, dark green leaves which have a wine-red to purplish red fall color.

• Stem:

  Stem Is Aromatic:

  No

• Landscape:

  Landscape Theme:

  Winter Garden

  Resistance To Challenges:

  Dry Soil

  Poor Soil

  Wet Soil