
Common Chokecherry
- Botanical Name
- Prunus virginiana
- Hardiness
- Zones 2 to 7
- Height
- Up to 30 feet
- Width
- 18 to 25 feet
- Flowers
- 2-to-5-inch-long clusters of white fragrant blooms in April or May
- Fruit
- Red to dark purple drupe, astringent
- Light
- Full sun (best flowers) to light shade
- Soil
- Moist to well-drained
- Planting & Care
- For a quicker establishment start with a balled and burlap tree
- Prune out suckers as they appear
- Problems
- Subject to many insect and disease problems including borers, tent caterpillars, Japanese beetles, aphids, leaf spot, black knot, leaf curl, root rot, fireblight, and shot hole fungus
- Varieties
- Goertz - features palatable, not sour, fruit
- Schubert's (Canada Red) - leaves open green and turn purple for the remainder of the season. I find it has fewer pests and can be longer lived in the landscape
- Boughen's Yellow - yellow fruit
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