Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Height: 1

Height: 1

Drought resistant once established

extra water during the first two growing seasons will help with establishment

dark green shiny leaves are oblong and remain on the tree for two years before they turn orange to red and begin falling off in June to July

and scale-like with a spicy fragrance when crushed

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Height: 1Plant Description: Chokecherry is a thicket forming deciduous shrub small tree. The lustrous dark green leaves are pale below, oval shaped and wider near the base with a sharp tip and margins are finely toothed. Bark is gray to reddish brown, with raised horizontal ridges (lenticels). The fragrant flowers have 5 white petals and are in long spike like clusters (racemes) to 6 in (15 cm) long. Chokecherry blooms before the leaves are present in May