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Viking Chokeberry
Viking Chokeberry
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Viking Chokeberry is a Scandinavian cultivar selected for abundant crops of large glossy black fruit. The tart berries ripen from late summer into early fall and are used for juice, jam, wine, and other preserves.
The dense upright shrub has glossy green leaves that turn red and orange in fall. It tolerates a broad range of soil conditions, including wet or poor soil.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3Oak Summit nursery rating
- Mature size
- 3 to 6 ft tall and wide
- Site and soil
- It tolerates a broad range of soil conditions, including wet or poor soilFrom the existing reviewed product description
- Fruit
- White spring flower clusters, purple-black astringent fruit and conspicuous red fall foliage. The fruit is principally useful for juice, preserves and other processing.Published reference; local expression 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