
Serviceberry
- Botanical Name
- Amelanchier species
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9, varies with species
- Height
- 3 to 25 feet
- Width
- Variable
- Flowers
- May: white in pendulous racemes, emerge with leaves
- Fruit
- Berry-like pome, red maturing to black
- Fall Color
- Yellows, oranges and reds
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap or container stock
- Often slow to adjust to transplanting
- Moderate salt tolerance
- Problems
- Rust, scale, aphids, mildew
- Varieties
- Amelanchier laevis 'Snowcloud' - fastigiate form, leaves are blue-green, orange in fall
- Amelachier x grandiflora 'Princess Diana' & 'Autumn Brilliance' - good flowers, fruit and fall color
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