Soil:
Prefers moist, well-drained soil but overall pretty adaptable
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.
