Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' 5/2022 Chokeberry N3- (Chokeberry) Black Chokeberry, Mature plant size: 3x3ft., White flowers, red fall foliage, USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW19, In Garden Bed N3 for 3.1 YEARS (DiggingDog). Planted in 2019.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Viking' is an upright, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub that was developed in Europe as an orchard plant. It has glossy elliptic to obovate dark green leaves (to 2-3" long) with finely toothed margins. The leaves turn an attractive red in fall. In spring, slightly earlier than the species, it has 5 to 6-flowered clusters of white 5-petaled, fragrant flowers that mature into purplish black edible berries that ripen in late summer. The berries are high in nutrients and can be used for juice, pies and jellies or to provide food for birds and other wildlife. 'Viking' grows 3 to 6 ft. tall and wide.
Digging Dog Nursery: Deemed one of the best cultivars in the genus, this small trouble-free European introduction was destined to be an orchard plant until gardeners discovered its innate beauty and various merits. Glimmering amid glossy dark green foliage, abundant scented white flowers are followed by lustrous extra large purplish black berries, which remain throughout the winter as much appreciated fodder for the birds...
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2019, 20, 21, 22:
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