Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound'
$62.00 / 3G
Chokeberry, Dwarf ·
Description
Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound', commonly known as Chokeberry, Dwarf, is a woody landscape shrub valued for its pink and white flowers during spring. It typically matures 3–10 feet tall and 3–6 feet wide. Grow it in full sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained clay or loam soil. Its native range or documented parentage is Eastern North America, NC. Fruits attract birds, butterflies, and other pollinators. In the landscape, it works well in border, hedge, and mass planting. Once established, it shows useful tolerance to drought, dry soil, and wet soil.
Benefits
Makes the landscape productive as well as ornamental. Keeps beds lively through the main outdoor season. Supports a more active, living garden with flowers that pollinators can use. Offers native-plant character in a garden-friendly selected form.
Features
Fruiting shrub; showy flowers mid-summer; berries / drupes fruit; matures about 3 - 6 ft tall
Usage/Use
Foundation planting, mixed border, screening, specimen planting
Native Range
Eastern North America, NC
| Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound' | |
| Chokeberry, Dwarf | |
| 'Low Scape Mound | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part sun with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average moisture; Well-drained, amended garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Garden origin / cultivated selection | |
| Native Cultivar (Nativar) | |
| Yes | |
| No |
| 5 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 5–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 7 | |
| 3 - 6 ft | |
| 3 - 6 ft | |
| Medium | |
| 3 - 6 ft |
| Yes | |
| Longtime | |
| Mid-Summer | |
| None | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Birds from Fruit | |
| Woodland Edge of Savanna | |
| Edible Garden | |
| Berries | |
| Produces Berries | |
| Compact | |
| Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |