Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'
Red Chokeberry (3 gallon)
This cultivar of red chokeberry will grow to 6 to 8 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. The cultivar 'Brilliantissima' is is somewhat more compact, produces larger, glossier berries and foliage, and has brighter fall color than the species. Does well in full sun to part shade.
Red chokeberry is native to eastern North America. It is found throughout Maryland's coastal plain. Its habitat is swamps, wet thickets, bogs, fens, margins of freshwater wetlands. Flowers February to May; fruits September to November. Flowers are visited by numerous pollinators, and berries provide food for birds and mammals in late winter. Protect from deer browse.
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