Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' Brookgreen Gardens The reddish-brown bark peels in

The reddish-brown bark peels in long fibrous strips down a straight

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and underplant with ferns and other shade lovers that will not hide the trunk

In Japan the plant carries associations of longevity and resilience

Bees work the flowers

Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' Brookgreen Gardens The reddish-brown bark peels inAronia arbutifolia has grown in the wet woods and pocosins of the eastern United States for a very long time, largely unbothered by the horticultural world's attention. 'Brilliantissima' changed that. Selected for foliage with a deeper gloss and berries of a more saturated, almost lacquered red than the straight species, this is the form that finally made gardeners look twice at a native shrub long overlooked despite centuries of quiet usefulness. The