Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Those looking for a spring-flowering native shrub that ...

It’s almost goes without saying that most people think of Montana for its huckleberries but no “state berry” is given to Wyoming. I think that the state berry should be the chokecherry for a number of ...

There’s something to be said for a berry shortage. Last year was a fantastic chokecherry year. The trees were completely black with the fruit and I couldn’t bring myself to let them go to waste. As a ...

Those looking for a spring-flowering native shrub that can form a hedge or be cultivated as a small tree may want to look no further than Prunus virginiana, commonly known as chokecherry. Native to ...