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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; Ellendra; All

“I think Diana in Wisconsin has some bushes.”

Not yet, but they’re on the ‘To-add’ list for my Edible/Medicinal/Crafting/Low Maintenance Landscape.

Aronia is also known as Chokeberry.

Just some examples; not promoting this particular nursery:

https://www.naturehills.com/bushes-and-shrubs/bushes-and-shrubs-varieties/chokeberry-bushes

Also:

There are three species that we know of so far, all native to North America:

Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a small to medium-sized shrub with dark purple-black fruit.

Red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) is a large shrub with red fruit.

Purple chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia) is a natural hybrid of red and black chokeberry.

Although all of the berries score high in antioxidant value, black chokeberry scores the highest.

https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/grow-aronia-berries/

And we can’t omit Ellendra from this conversation. She’s The Elderberry Queen, which is also a very healthy shrub to grow or harvest from in the wild. :)


78 posted on 08/22/2021 12:38:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I checked, and elderberries have more quercetin than aronia does!


92 posted on 08/23/2021 3:20:23 PM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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