Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

Plant type: deciduous small tree
Height: 15' - 20'

Light: full to part sun
Soil: dry to moist to seasonally wet

Growth rate: medium
PPL: YES

Large, long clusters of showy white flowers. Pucker up for sour yet edible fruits (any jam or winemakers out there? Red-brown stems with glossy foliage, yellow in fall.

This little tree puts out the call to hummingbirds, butterflies (pale swallowtail, silvery blue, spring azure, and painted lady), bees, 30+ birds and is a caterpillar host plant for many, including Lorquin's Admiral and Tiger Swallowtail.