Aronias produce a ton of fruit with minimal care. Beautiful leaves, flowers, and berries. The berries freeze well, produce a respectable pie, and are good in smoothies. If you have a tendency to get kidney stones, be aware that the berries are high in oxalic acid.

My chickens love them too

I have one that grew as a volunteer! I take care to keep it covered with fine netting in the spring when it's starting to leaf out and then flower - the deer will trim out down extensively otherwise and the crop will be severely diminished. I also sprayed it with liquid fence every week or two throughout the summer just in case the deer thought it might be yummy. It's very drought tolerant. I did dump a couple buckets of water on it when the berries started to change color. It's one of the easiest and thriftiest berry producers there is.

I have one in my garden. It's still a baby, but I had fruits the past year ❤

in may i found a bush with some of last summer's fruit. I was so impressed with the taste I bought another couple bushes.

Thanks for the info and the video, greetings from Mexico ❤

I just started sowing in milk jugs so they can sprout come spring. I'm trying out ten seeds. I'll be thrilled if I get 5 or 6 germinated.

I just bought 5 of them!

I fully agree

I have planted one and love the berries. I know they are healthy , no really love them. But its my favourite. So. I need more plants and they are easy growing.

Amazing information thank you! Just got a few bare root of these. Looking forward to them.

I was doing research on Chokberries and stumbled upon your video. Thank you for your insightful knowledge about this berry. Where can we get chokeberries?

Great video!! I have terrible soil, Sandy clay. I have 2 plants, one did very well, but the other had much smallerberries. I made jelly with them. I didn't know i could leave it on the plant longer to get sweeter. I will do that next year. What advice do you have on fertilizing them?

Most Aronia cultivars (Viking, Nero, Hugin, Aron, ...) actually belong to the species Aronia mitschurinii. A. mitschurinii is a cross between Aronia melanocarpa & Sorbus aucuparia and expresses high apomixis: If these cultivars are propagated by seed, one can practically guarantee the same characteristics in their children. I am not very sure about the following, but I think A. melanocarpa looks quite different (less like Sorbus) and is not astringent. 'Aronia in America' has an enlightening article about this subject.

He said cherries are a pome. They are a drupe with a pit.

I have a few small plants started. How long does it take to start producing? Enjoy all your videos and learn so much. The seeds I bought are starting to sprout. Thank you.

I live in Hawaii, could I grow it here? I love tarty fruits. I know the high antioxidant contain in these berries. I would love to grown this bush on my property. How May I obtain a seedling brush?

100% with you. They are super.

Do deer eat them

Hello

Wonderful information on an amazing plant! Side note: whomever is walking in the back ground with the mask really needs to breathe the fresh air instead of all the waste CO2 the mask holds.

Is there not a hard seed in the middle? Wth am eating?

Is it normal that mine is about 3x the size of that?

Does melano carpa mean Black Body?

Folks, please do some research about Aronia comsumption before you buy too many plants and gobble up too many berries at one time. Know what you grow!