Aronia x prunifolia 'Brilliant'
Purple fruited chokeberry
Also known as Aronia 'Brilliant'
- Height × spread
- 2m × 2.5m
- Position
- All conditions
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
Chokeberries are slender, rather spare looking, bendy shrubs that sit quietly in the background for much of the year. In spring, it comes to life with clusters of simple white flowers. In the summer, there is fruit: large glossy red berries; and, finally, excellent autumn colour of red and orange, dense and effective. This is a pleasant shrub with attractively lustrous dark green leaves. Beware of inferior specimens: try to buy it at a time when it should be looking its best!
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Autumn foliage
- Orange-red
- Stem colour
- Brown, Green
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 2m
- Spread
- 2.5m
- Height in 10 years
- 1.5m
- Spread in 10 years
- 1.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden
- Sun or shade
- All conditions
- Soil type
- Clay
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Structural, Bird attraction, Sensory garden (tactile)
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Found in
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