Chokeberry, Viking Black Chokeberry

2026-04-21T14:21:52-04:00

Type: Shrub
Price: 61.99

Viking Black Chokeberry is an upright native deciduous shrub with tidy, glossy dark green foliage that turns brilliant red in fall. Clusters of fragrant white flowers bloom in spring. Small, edible black berries used in jams ripe in late summer. Best fruit production in full sun and average well-drained soils. Can tolerate boggy soils.

Type: | Shrub
Origins: | Eastern N. America; North GA Native
Height: | 3' - 6'
Spread: | 3' - 6'
Spacing: | 4.5'
USDA Hardiness Zone: | 3 - 8
Culture: | Full Sun, Part Sun
Bloom Color: | White
Season of Interest: | Spring, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Remove suckers to prevent colonial spread. Some susceptibility to leaf spot and twig/fruit blight. No serious pests or diseases.

LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens, and Woodland Gardens.

COMPANION PLANTS: Eastern Redbud, Dogwood, Beauty Berry

IMAGES: Photoset by F. D. Richards, (1) Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' 5/2022 Chokeberry N3- (1)+(2), (2) Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' () Photo: F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 10/2020

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.