Serviceberry Bush

Serviceberries are a group of similar species found throughout ontario as far north as james bay.

Serviceberry bush. They grow 1 to 2 a year so they re a good choice if you want a tree that won t grow like crazy and take over your yard. Alnifolia is a native of western minnesota s prairies and is a 6 to 9 foot shrub. The serviceberry autumn brilliance has an upright highly branching form that grows from between 15 25 feet 4 8 m in height. The serviceberry shrub also referred to as the juneberry saskatoon or shadbush produces showy flowers and edible berries.

This particular cultivar tends to sucker less than others tolerates drought and is adapted to a variety of soil types. Serviceberries are trees or bushes depending on cultivar with a beautiful natural shape and edible fruit. After the show of these blooms clusters of edible berries form. You can prune it to assume a small tree form with one trunk or leave it as a multi stemmed shrub.

This species produces the best quality fruit. While all serviceberry fruit is edible the tastiest fruit is found on the saskatoon variety. The white blossoms are especially large on this hybrid. As a native plant serviceberry works well in just about any garden especially in open woodlands where it thrives under oaks or pine trees.

Serviceberry bushes amelanchier spp also called juneberry or shadbush are large deciduous ornamental bushes or small trees that vary in size and form depending on the species. Serviceberry comes in both tree and shrub multi trunk forms and pruning determines its shape. Laevis is larger shrub or small tree often reaching heights of 40 to 45 feet and is native to east central minnesota. Serviceberry trees display white blooms just before their foliage emerges in early spring offering some of the earliest sources of nectar for pollinators.

Serviceberry reaches a mature height 15 to 30 tall with a spread of 15 to 25 and has an airy rounded shape.