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Common Chokecherry

Botanical Name:

Prunus virginiana

Small fragrant white or pink flowers emerge simultaneously with the leaves
Red to blue to black fruit ripens in July, eaten by birds
Semi-glossy green leaves occasionally turn pinkish in the fall
Upright, vase-shaped habit
Bloom Time: April to May

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Pink
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6 m-7 m

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5 m-6 m

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Full Sun
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Soil Moisture

Average to Dry Soils
Moist to Average
Well-drained

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Attracts Wildlife

Attracts Birds

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Growth Rate

Fast

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Foliage Colour

Green (dark)

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Deciduous
Drought Tolerant
Edible
Fall Color
Fragrant
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Native to Ontario

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Flowering Time

Spring

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Clumping
Upright

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Garden Uses

Naturalizing
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Growing Tips & Maintenace

Chokecherry grows best in a semi-dry fertile soil, transplanting easily, and can tolerate a wide range of soil types and conditions. Suckering freely, they will form thickets if suckers are not removed. They can be pruned or trained into a tree form, but still sucker profusely.

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Native to Ontario and much of North America. Although the fruits are edible, they are very sour, hence the name. The seeds contain amygdalin, a product the body converts into cyanide, a deadly poison. It would take many seeds to poison a child. All parts of the foliage are poisonous to horses, cattle, and sheep.

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