Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

An ornamental cherry prized for its spring blossom and attractive bark, well-suited to residential and park landscapes.

  • 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
  • Commonly used for woodland/woods edge, naturalizing
  • Grows best in full sun to partial shade
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained
Drought Tolerant
Hardiness Zone
3 – 3
Mature Height (meters)
6.0 – 7.0
Mature Spread (meters)
5.0 – 6.0
Growth Rate
Fast
Flower Colour
White
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Upright
Pollinator Friendly
Attracts Birds
Ontario Native
Fragrant
Landscape Uses
Mass planting
Growing & Maintenance Tips
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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