Western Chokecherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Western Chokecherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry

Prunus maackii Jefdike

Prunus virginiana var. demissa

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Klondike Amur Cherry
Western Chokecherry

The Klondike Amur Cherry is an attractive cultivar which features showy, peeling gold bark and textured oval leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. It blooms with fragrant white flowers in mid spring, and produces tiny, tart black berries through the summer. The Klondike Amur Cherry was bred to have improved stem strength and stronger branching.

This tree makes a great addition to urban gardens and commercial planting, and is immune to black knot.

Western Chokecherry is a shrub or small tree commonly used for farmstead and field windbreaks.

It produces white flowers in the spring and edible dark purple fruit that matures between September and October. Its cherries are great for making for making jams, jellies or wine, but are not very palatable for raw eating.

Klondike Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Western Chokecherry Quick Facts

Lowest Price: $9.99
Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 7 m (23 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 5 m (16 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: low


Toxicity: toxic to horses, cattle, etc.)
Fall colour: yellow
Fall colour: reddish-purple
Bark: golden
Flowers: white, fragrant
Berries: tiny, black clusters
Berries: edible, astringent, red-purple
Flavor: tart
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB
Other Names: bitter-berry, chokecherry, common chokecherry, virginia bird berry