Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Gradually forming a thicket

Gradually forming a thicket

Height: 1

and scale-like with a spicy fragrance when crushed

Nootka rose fruits (rose hips) are edible raw or cooked and are full of vitamins

Fruit is great for making jam or jellies

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Size:1 gal CN Gradually forming a thicketPlant Description: Chokecherry is a thicket forming deciduous shrub small tree. The lustrous dark green leaves are pale below, oval shaped and wider near the base with a sharp tip and margins are finely toothed. Bark is gray to reddish brown, with raised horizontal ridges (lenticels). The fragrant flowers have 5 white petals and are in long spike like clusters (racemes) to 6 in (15 cm) long. Chokecherry blooms before the leaves are present in May