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Chokecherry growing in a garden

How to grow chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

When to plant chokecherry

Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.

Chokecherry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.

Growing conditions

Lifecycle
Perennial
Spacing
216 to 300 in apart
Sun
Full sun
Soil pH
6 to 8

Common problems

  • suckering thickets
  • wilted foliage and seeds poisonous
  • ice storm breakage

Sources

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