Glossy Black Chokeberry

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4761

For a hard-working, beautiful landscape that gives you edible berries, and brings birds to your yard, consider using the native Glossy Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa var.elata) in your design plan. This rounded, upright shrub delivers beauty to your yard for every season of the year.

You'll love the fragrant clusters of snow-white flowers in May. Summer leaves are glossy and dark green throughout the growing season. In autumn, the foliage explodes into glowing orange, rich purple and brilliant red, an eye-catching display!

The healthy, deep berries are produced in clusters. They'll start green, then turn red, then purple and finish black. They'll hang on well into winter unless hungry birds eat the berries before the snow flies. Be warned, you will need to fight the birds for your crop.

Planting and Application:

Aronia are the hottest Superfruit and are so easy to grow! Each plant can produce as much as 30 - 40lbs per plant! Each berry is similar to a small blueberry and ripens in late August. Harvest and freeze them to use throughout the year in smoothies and juicing, muffins and pies, and preserves too! Try dry red wine or try eating them right from the shrub. Just don't forget the sweetener - they're not called Chokeberries for nothing! Freezing helps reduce the astringent character.

Glossy Black is an ornamental edible for the edge of the woods in sun or part shade, or to naturalize areas in your backyard. Create bird and butterfly-friendly plantings, rain gardens, hedges, snow screens and privacy that maintains your health! You'll love the look of these unique screening plants with their amazing fall color.

  • Edible Shiny Black Superfruit
  • White Flowers in Clusters in Spring
  • Brilliant Orange, Red & Purple Fall Color
  • Healthy Superfruit
  • Supports Pollinators & Backyard Birds

#ProPlantTips for Care:

This valuable, versatile deciduous shrub grows in sun or shade, and everything in between. However, you'll have the most fruit in full sun. Aronia adapts to just any soil, both wet or dry. It can even tolerate a short period of drought once they are established. Blooming on last year's wood, be sure to prune only when dormant.

  • Full Sun, Partial Shade or Shade
  • Wet to Dry Soils
  • Prune Late Winter/Early Spring
  • Mulch Root System Well
  • Drought, Deer & Urban Resistant

Grow your own Superfruit with powerful antioxidants 400% higher than Blueberries! Order your Glossy Black Chokeberry Aronia today from NatureHills.com!

Buying Options for Plants

Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.

Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!

Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.

  • Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
  • Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.

Nature Hills Container Size by Volume

Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.

Young Plants to 18 Months
Size Volume
2"x2"x3" Ranges from .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume
4.5" Container Equal to .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume
Sprinter Pot Equal to .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume
4" Container Ranges from .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume
6" Container Equal to 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume
1 Quart Equal to 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume
5.5" Container Equal to 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x5" Ranges from .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x6" Ranges from 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x9" Ranges from 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x10" Ranges from 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume
Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old
Size Volume
2 Quart Equal to 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume
#1 Container Ranges from 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume
5"x5"x12" Equal to 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume
Plants 2 - 4 Years Old
Size Volume
#2 Container Ranges from 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume
#3 Container Ranges from 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume
Plants 3 - 5 Years Old
Size Volume
#5 Container Ranges from 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume
#6 Container Ranges from 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume
#7 Container Ranges from 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume

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Shipping

To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.

Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.

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Shipping Rates

At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.

From To S&H
0 - 19.99 24.99
20 - 49.99 29.99
50 - 69.99 34.99
70 - 99.99 39.99
100 - 129.99 44.99
130 - 149.99 48.99
150 - 150+ Approx 28%

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PLANT HIGHLIGHTS

Glossy Black Chokeberry Is Suited to Grow in Zones 3-9
Growing Zones 3-9
More Information
Brand Nature Hills' Choice
Botanical Name Aronia melanocarpa var. elata
Type Deciduous
Mature Height 5 - 7 feet
Mature Spread 4 - 6 feet
Sun Exposure Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Shade
Soil Widely Adaptable
Moisture Moist to Dry
Growth Rate Slow
Flower Color White
Fall Color Orange, Red, Burgundy / Purple
Harvest Time Mid Season
Pollinator Friendly Yes
Pruning Time When Dormant
Fragrant Yes