Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia 'Viking'

Planting Advice for your Aronia arbutifolia 'Viking':

• Grow in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moist well-drained soil.  Protect from frost and winds.
• Dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill once the shrub is in place.
• Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots and add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
• Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot and refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
• Firm in the soil with your hand, avoiding the root ball and water well.
• Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
• If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast. Use the best compost you can buy and some sand or grit for drainage.

Aftercare advice for Aronia 'Viking':

• Keep plants well-watered while they establish, especially if planted up in a pot.
• Fully hardy, you'll need to protect from cold winds as it is these that tend to cause the most damage to young plants.

Pruning Advice for Aronia:

• Aronia require no special pruning; only occasional maintenance is needed to remove any growth that has been damaged over winter.