Landscape Plants for Alaska
COMMON CHOKECHERRY
Prunus virginiana
Deciduous Tree
Height
20 - 30 (feet)
Spread
18 - 25 (feet)
Distinctions
INVASIVE. Fast growing; salt tolerant; clusters of flowers in spring; purple-black fruits; well branched, flower spikes held up from the branches.
Limitations
INVASIVE. Susceptible to black knot disease; suckers at the base unless grafted onto European bird cherry or Amur chokecherry root stock. Should not be planted as it spreads aggressively and competes with native vegetation.
Hardiness
INT, SC, SE (Zone 2)
Origin
North America
Cultivars
Canada Red' young leaves are green and turn maroon in early summer; flowers pinkish-white; redder leaves and straighter trunks than 'Shubert'; susceptible to dieback in INT.'Shubert' young leaves are green and turn maroon in early summer; white flowers.
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