Latin Name: Aronia melanocarpa
Current Height and Cost: 3ft - $25 delivered
Eventual Size at Maturity: Height - 5ft, Spread - 5ft
Space Requirements: 3 feet from fences, paved surfaces or buildings
Form: spreading
Growth Rate: slow
Tolerates Standing Water: yes
Light Required: full sun to 1/2 shade
Fall Colour: orange to purple
Flowers clusters of small white flowers in May
Fruit: purplish-black berries in Sept to Dec
Wildlife and Other Notes: berries are eaten by birds; best flowering and fall colour when growing in sun
Shrub Tips: tolerant of dry or wet soil