Chokeberry Bushes

Chokeberry Bushes - Grow Superfruit from Nature Hills!

Boost your garden's visual impact and your family's health simultaneously with Chokeberry Bushes (Aronia) from Nature Hills Nursery.

Hardy enough for USDA planting zones 3 to 9, these flowering shrubs offer unique beauty all year! White spring flowers, gorgeous foliage, incredible fall color, and bushy rounded winter stems.

Plus, you can harvest nutrient-rich Chokeberries for healthful eating and cooking!

What Is a Chokeberry Bush?

The Chokeberry bush, botanically known as Aronia, is a cold hardy, deciduous shrub! Chokeberries are native to the United States, especially in the Northeast.

Aronia is an excellent pollinator and wildlife plant, as it will attract butterflies and bees, songbirds and wildlife to your property.

Chokeberries can be canned and make healthy fruit drinks. Aronia berries contain very high levels of antioxidants, and research has shown that antioxidants may help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Get your health on with smoothies; make mead; bake into crisps, cakes and bars, or create savory meat sauces. Freeze them and sell them at farmer's markets!

Where To Use Chokeberry

These gorgeous shrubs are ideal hedges, as foundation plantings, and are very useful when used in rows or en masse plantings. Whether for screening, windbreaks and Snow barriers, or wonderful shelterbelts for wildlife!

To make the most of this dramatic shrub, plant several along your driveway or house for a dynamic border. Naturalize these durable shrubs where you want to control erosion. Define the edge of a sunny slope or embankment.

Boost your food security with Edible Landscaping like Blueberries, Serviceberry, Hazelnut, Wild Plum, and Elderberries to your landscape, as well!

How to Care For Aronia Shrubs

Chokeberries grow well in Full sunlight, but these adaptable shrubs are moderately tolerant of partial shade. They prefer moist, well-drained soils.

Aronia bushes will do well in a soil pH of 5.6 to 7.5, and they are tolerant to drought, soil compaction, and salt (saline) conditions.

Plants appreciate regular water when young and during fruiting months. Apply a 3-4 inch layer of mulch to help keep the roots insulated and moisture levels in the soil more consistent.

Prune these shrubs when they are dormant and renewal prune every 3-5 years to maintain vigorous fruiting and growth.

Popular Chokeberry Bush Choices

There are two main species of chokeberry, the red and the black chokeberry bush. Use the chokeberry bush as an attractive ornamental plant in gardens, alongside walkways or to enhance a natural landscape.

• Black Chokeberry Bush - Upright, rounded shape; pollinator friendly; frost hardy to zone 3; easy-care for rain gardens, borders or edible landscapes
• Red Chokeberry - Can grow to a height of 10 feet, pinkish-white spring flowers precede vibrant red berries in late summer and early fall, glossy green foliage turns bright red in fall
• Low Scape® Mound Chokeberry - Dwarf variety maintains a compact profile, native American plant adapts to many soil conditions, excellent choice to accent garden sculpture
• Autumn Magic Black Chokeberry - Four seasons of beauty: Fragrant white blooms in spring, glossy foliage and purplish-black berries all summer, fiery red and purple leaves in autumn, multi-stemmed trunk for an effective snow fence in winter

Easy-Care Beautiful Superfruits! Grown Right In Your Backyard!

Nature Hills offers several varieties of Chokeberries. Click the photos to learn more about each one or call our plant experts at (402) 934-8116 for advice. Join thousands of happy customers by taking advantage of our first-year plant guarantee!