Wild Strawberry vs Viking Aronia Berry - TreeTime.ca

Wild Strawberry vs Viking Aronia Berry

Aronia melanocarpa Viking

Fragaria virginiana

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Viking Aronia Berry
Wild Strawberry

Viking Aronia Berry is easy to grow, with black berries that are high in antioxidants. The Viking variety is much more productive than the non cultivar Aronia Berry. The berries can be eaten fresh but are found to be tart and bitter. They are more often used in baking, jams, juices, and wine. They have small, white flowers with a hint of pink that grow evenly on the shrub. The summer foliage turns a very attractive red in the fall.

The Viking Aronia Berry is a self-pollinating plant. Because of its uniformity and high yield, the Viking Aronia Berry is a popular cultivar.

Often called the Woodland Strawberry, the Wild Strawberry produces a sweet, edible red berry all throughout the later spring and summer. This compact, stemless plant spreads mostly through the means of runners, and grows quickly.

Flowers and fruit of the Wild Strawberry are usually present simultaneously throughout the summer. This variety is native to North America, which gives it its name.

Viking Aronia Berry Quick Facts

Wild Strawberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: red to purple
Flowers: white
Flowers: white
Fruit: small
Berries: small black berries
Berries: sweet
Flavor: astringent
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Other Names: black chokeberry viking, viking chokeberry
Other Names: common strawberry, mountain strawberry, virginia strawberry