{"product_id":"aronia-prunifolia-viking","title":"Aronia × prunifolia 'Viking'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAronia × prunifolia\u003c\/em\u003e 'Viking' is a black chokeberry selected for fruit, carrying large purple-black berries in clusters.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pink-tinged white flowers open in May, the berries ripen from late August into September, and the matt dark green leaves turn purple-red in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is fully hardy, rated RHS H7, and needs no winter protection anywhere in the UK. It is self-fertile, so a single plant crops on its own. The berries are edible but very astringent raw; cook them into jams, juices and syrups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA suckering deciduous shrub about 2m tall and wide, it takes sun or partial shade and makes an informal hedge or screen. Bees visit the flowers and birds take any berries you leave. Find more fruiting plants among our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-edibles\"\u003eexotic edibles\u003c\/a\u003e and more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pollinators\"\u003eplants for pollinators\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you receive: a plant in a 17cm, 2 litre pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58819699802495,"sku":"ARONVIKI17","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/aronia-prunifolia-viking-ripe.jpg?v=1792590503","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/aronia-prunifolia-viking","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}