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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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3Oak Summit nursery rating
- Mature size
- about 12 ft tall
- Site and soil
- These local plants tolerate sandy soil, drought, shade, and cold, and we are testing them as adaptable plum rootstockFrom the existing reviewed product description
- Fruit
- The local nursery material forms compact, suckering stands. Its black fruit is reported by Oak Summit as often less astringent than eastern material.From the reviewed product description
Bloom
May–June in the Minnesota species reference; Manitoba timing varies with the season.
Species reference; local conditions can vary
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