Viking Aronia (Bundle of 2) Size:1-5-2.5 ft.

Viking Aronia (Bundle of 2) Size:1-5-2.5 ft.Overview Viking Aronia, also known as Viking black chokeberry, is a cold hardy, deciduous fruiting shrub grown for heavy crops of dark, nutrient dense berries and for its strong ornamental value. In Montana these berries hang on the shrubs well into the FallI (even if we get a super cold autumn), well into Nov. It produces clusters of white spring flowers, glossy green foliage through summer, and vivid red fall color, making it one of the rare fruits

In a mixed planting

The cherries are bright red with firm flesh and relatively high sugar levels for a tart cherry

Plants are generally described as compact to moderately sized

Plant Form & Habit

For hedgerows

the tree budded out that Spring as though nothing had happened

Krasnobokaya was reported as resistant to pear scab and pear gall mite

we believe Mount Royal is hardy to at least -45°F

Breeding literature repeatedly highlights Central Asian / Iran-Caucasian apricot genetics for fruit quality and kernel traits

Spokane Beauty is highly adapted to cold continental climates

Developed by Cornell University in the 1940s as an open-pollinated cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious

long winter keeping