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Black chokecherry fruit (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa), shown as a species illustration. Seed-grown plants can vary.
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Oak Summit Nursery
Black Chokecherry
Black Chokecherry
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Black Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa) grows naturally around the nursery with aspen, Saskatoon, and wild raspberry. This prairie form is compact, suckering, and forms dense stands.
The black fruit is slightly smaller than fruit from selections such as Garrington, but is often less astringent than eastern chokecherry and improves in flavour into fall. Fruit can remain into early winter for wildlife. These local plants tolerate sandy soil, drought, shade, and cold, and we are testing them as adaptable plum rootstock.
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Black chokecherry fruit (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa), shown as a species illustration. Seed-grown plants can vary.
Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- About 12 ft tallCompact and suckering. It forms dense stands
- Fruit
- Black chokecherries, a little smaller than GarringtonOften less astringent than eastern chokecherry, and better tasting into fall
- Source
- Grows wild around the nurseryWith aspen, saskatoon and wild raspberry
- Wildlife
- Fruit can hang into early winter
- Site and soil
- Tolerates sandy soil, drought, shade and coldWe are testing it as a plum rootstock
Bloom
May to June
For the species in Minnesota
Good for : Native fruit worth knowing
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada