Aronia Melanocarpa ‘Iroquois Beauty’ (Tm) 3 Gal

Aronia Iroquois Beauty™

Aronia melanocarpa Iroquois Beauty™

Iroquois Beauty™ is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub selected for its unique compact, non-leggy habit, showy display of small white flower clusters, glossy foliage, abundant production of black fruit, and attractive orange to deep red fall foliage. These plants establish quickly. 

Flowers: Showy 2-inch-wide clusters of small white flowers are produced in early to mid-May. The flowers resemble other members of the rose family and are popular with pollinators. 

Foliage: Lustrous dark green foliage remains clean and disease-free all summer, turning an attractive orange to deep red in fall. Best fall color develops on plants sited in full sunlight. 

Fruit: The fruit is a good food source for wildlife. Black to purplish-black, 1/3-inch berrylike fruits are borne in slightly pendulous clusters. The fruit can persist until late fall/early winter, although native birds can consume the majority of the fruit earlier. 

The compact form and relatively small size of Iroquois Beauty™ make them suitable for a number of landscape uses. They blends effectively in a foundation planting as well as in a shrub border. The small scale makes them useful in transitioning between perennials to larger-scale shrubs. They blend extremely well in the naturalistic landscape or woodland garden. Once established, these plants can handle both wet and dry conditions, making them great in rain gardens. 

Species is a WNC Native.

Zones 3-8. 2-3'T x 4-5'W.