Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Watering needs: Moderate to moist

Watering needs: Moderate to moist

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

Fruit is great for making jam or jellies

Gradually forming a thicket

Nootka rose fruits (rose hips) are edible raw or cooked and are full of vitamins

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Watering needs: Moderate to moistPlant 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