
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
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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