🌿 Chokeberry Shrub (Aronia spp.)
Zones: 3–8 | Height: 6-10 ft | Spread:** 5-6 ft | Growth Rate:** Medium
Light: Full sun to partial shade | Soil: Moist, well-drained to average
Fruit Ripens: August
🏞️ Product Description:
Don’t let the name fool you—Chokeberry is a powerhouse shrub for wildlife habitat and land improvement. This tough, native shrub produces abundant dark berries that are eagerly eaten by birds and other wildlife, while also offering dense, shrubby cover for bedding and protection.
Perfect for use along field edges, food plots, or access trails, Chokeberry adds beauty, functionality, and seasonal value to your property.
🫐 Wildlife Value All Season:
From late summer through fall, Chokeberry fruits provide a reliable food source for game birds, turkeys, deer, and small mammals. Its shrubby growth habit makes it excellent for natural browse and escape cover, especially in edge habitats.
🌾 Cover, Screening & Structure:
With dense branching and multi-stemmed growth, Chokeberry is ideal for creating low visual screens, enhancing bedding thickets, or forming the backbone of a diverse native hedgerow. The plant also responds well to light browsing, encouraging thicker regrowth over time.
🪶 Bird & Pollinator Friendly:
Its blooms support pollinators in spring, while its berries attract songbirds and upland game birds in late summer and fall—making this shrub a true multi-purpose species.
🛠️ Planting Tips:
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Space 4–6 feet apart for a dense screen or naturalized cluster
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Ideal for field edges, low areas, or mixed habitat plantings
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Use a Shrub Survival Kit to protect young plants and improve drought tolerance
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Tolerant of wet soils and partial shade
🐾 Summary:
The Chokeberry Shrub is a top-tier native plant for anyone looking to add food, cover, and diversity to their land. Whether you're building wildlife habitat or just want to attract more birds and pollinators, this shrub earns its place in any planting plan.
Berries for wildlife. Shelter for game. Tough and native.
