Chokecherry

Family: Rosaceae. Latin Name: Prunus viriginiana. Common Name(s): Chokecherry. Deciduous or Evergreen: Deciduous. Native Range: Northeastern North America USDA Hardiness Zone: 2-6. Mature Height: 10-25′. Bloom Time: May – June . Native to Minnesota: Yes. Shade Tolerant: part shade, shade, sun; open woods, forest edges and openings, fencerows, riverbanks, roadsides. Chokecherry is one of the most common and ubiquetous trees/shrubs in North America. It is broadly adapted, inhabiting forestlands, prairie margins and mid-alpine regions. While its fruit is known to contain high concentrations of hydrogen cyanide, mostly in the seed, it is highly favored by birds who help spread it into human landscapes where it readily establishes. While there are several horticultural varieties selected for their dark purple summer leaves, its tendency to root sucker as well as its high susceptibility to the fungal disease black knot that can severely disfigure its branches and form have limited its use in urban landscapes. Chokecherry may be confused with a small Black Cherry tree (Prunus serotina), which has similar cylindrical flower clusters but grows well over 50 feet tall, has proportionately narrower leaves, sepals that persist in fruit, rusty colored hairs along the leaf midvien near the base, and older trees with bark having coarse, scaly plates. Common Buckthorn is also sometimes mistaken for a Prunus species. Some references list multiple variations of P. virginiana but they are not recognized in Minnesota. Excerpted from and for more information see: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/tree/chokecherry

This product is sold in seedling size (18-24″) bundles of 25. (Not fully grown) No Guarantee can be made for tree(s) survival.