Low Scape Mound Aronia – 3 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9a  Find Your Zone

Pollinators: Self Fertile

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Fruit Color:  Black to Blackish-Purple

Fruit Flavor: Tart Apple, Dry Red Wine, edible but astringent

Fruit Size:  Small, .5″ (1/2 inch)

Sun Needs:  Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Needs:  Average to Low

One of the most durable and low-maintenance flowering shrubs in existence, the Low Scape Mound Aronia is a beautiful North American native that provides 3-seasons of color in the landscape and thrives almost anywhere. It handles cold temperatures down to -40F and also stands up to the heat to Zone 9a. It will grow in wet or dry soils and sun or part shade and is salt tolerant. Low Scape Mound forms a compact mound of handsome dark leaves about 2 feet tall and equally as wide that becomes covered in clusters of pretty white flowers in spring. The flowers are followed by equally abundant clusters of attractive deep purple to almost-black berries which are edible by humans, and the birds absolutely love them. That said, common name for Aronia is Chokeberry because of the tart astringency of the fruits. The berries are perfectly safe to eat raw, but due to their astringent taste they are much better in soup, jams, juiced and used in cooking or in concentrates that can be used to flavor sparkling water and other drinks. With the arrival of cooler temperatures in fall the foliage turns to brilliant shades of red. Low Scape Mound is great as an accent in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or as a groundcover or border where space allows.