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Aronia arbutifolia
Red chokeberry is a North American shrub in the rose family, grown mainly for its white or pink spring flowers and red fruit. It is a hardy, adaptable landscape plant that tolerates wet soil better than most shrubs.
Aronia arbutifolia, called the red chokeberry, is a North American species of shrubs in the rose family. It is native to eastern Canada and to the eastern and central United States, from eastern Texas to Nova Scotia inland to Ontario, Ohio, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.
It is a popular landscaping plant. The fruits, whose ill taste inspired the common name, are bitterly acidic (though edible) when eaten raw. They are high in pectin and can be used to make delicious thick jams and jellies.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aronia arbutifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
