The Green Man recommends incorporating 'Iroquois Beauty' black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa ‘Morton’) into clients' landscaping designs. It's a cultivar of a native plant, it's tough, hardy to Zone 3, pest-resistant, low management and compact, and provides 4-season interest. In other words, it's an "equity" shrub.
"Iroquois Beauty™ is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub selected for its unique compact habit, showy display of small white flower clusters, glossy foliage, showy orange to deep red fall foliage and abundant production of black fruit. Iroquois Beauty™ is a selection from the collections at the Morton Arboretum. It establishes quickly after transplanting and slowly makes colonies by spreading via root suckers. Ten-year-old plants are less than 3' high with a 5' spread.
Note that The Green Man calls this shrub by its scientific name. First, it's easier to say than "chokeberry." Second, it avoids confusion with "choke cherry," a small native tree, Prunus viginiana. Third, "Aronia" is neutral and doesn't conjure up the negative assciations of "chokeberry." Simply call it "Aronia," as green industry people do, and you'll sound like an educated homeowner who takes charge of his/her landscaping.
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