Aronia arbutifolia 'Erecta'
Erecta Red Chokeberry

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 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Sometimes tinged pink
 Foliage Notes:
Green; Red (Fall color)
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 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soil but overall pretty adaptable
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic, 1.5-3.5" long and 0.5-0.75" wide. Top dark green and bottom with gray tomentum. Stems also tomentose. (Aronia melanocarpa is not tomentose on its leaves or stems.) Five scaled buds are green tinged red, often completely red, and glabrous. Flowers resemble those of hawthorn.
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  Special Characteristics:
  • Fruiting Characteristics 115
  • Groupings 211
  • Hedge 277
  • Mass Plantings 288
  • Slow Growth Rate 272

    • Additional Information

    'Erecta' has a more upright form than the species and does not bear as colorful of fruit

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