Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic'

Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'

Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' 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 150 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 120 cm of room to spread. It is hardy across USDA zones 3a to 8a, 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 Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic''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 flower when it does not
• American Elderberry 'Adams'for height behind it
• Anise/Blue Sageto flower when it does not
• 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