Red Chokeberry 'Brilliantissima'

Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'

Red Chokeberry 'Brilliantissima' is a shrub for structure, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay, loam, acid soil or moist ground, flowering Apr, May.

Where to use it in a border

At around 240 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 180 cm of room to spread. It is hardy across USDA zones 4a to 9a, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, acid soil, wet soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Red Chokeberry 'Brilliantissima''s height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• It copes with ground that stays wet, which most border plants will not.
• It tolerates acid soil but dislikes shallow chalk.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• American Beautyberryto edge in front
• American Elderberry 'Adams'for height behind it
• Anise/Blue Sageto edge in front
• Atamasco Rain Lilyto edge in front
• Beardtongue 'Dark Towers'to edge in front
• Bottlebrush Buckeyefor height behind it

Garden styles

Foundation planting Native Wildlife garden