The frugal and very easy-care chokeberry is ideal for building an easy-care hedge. Not only does it look very pretty when it's blooming in May and with the fiery red colored leaves in autumn, you'll also be able to harvest plenty of edible fruit and provide a natural shelter with a source of food for birds.
What are the benefits of Aronia hedges?
An aronia hedge offers white flowers in May, fiery red leaves in autumn, edible fruits that are ready to harvest in late summer and a natural habitat for birds. The easy-care shrubs can grow up to 2 meters high and wide.
An aronia hedge offers many advantages
So an aronia hedge has a lot of advantages to offer in every season. The pure white flowers appear in May, from which the dark purple to black fruits finally develop, which are ready to harvest in late summer or early autumn. You can expect an average yield of around three kilograms of berries per bush. To create a hedge, you should plant several bushes in a row about half a meter apart. The hedge can grow up to two meters high and just as wide.
Tips & Tricks
If you want to harvest as many berries as possible, you should cover your aronia hedge as early as possible with a bird protection net (€16.00 on Amazon) or a curtain - birds also love the dark and he althy berries.
