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- Fall color
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- Fruit
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- Flowers
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- Downy new foliage
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- Mature bark
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- Summer foliage
Scientific Name:
Amelanchier arborea
Common Name:
Downy serviceberry
Scientific Name Pronounciation:
(am-uh-LAN-kee-er ar-BOR-ee-uh)
Plant Type:
Tree
Plant Hardiness Zones:
4-9
Plant Hardiness Zone(s):
Usual Size:
20-30 ft. H x 8-15 ft. W
Flower:
Several flowers in drooping clusters, sometimes blooming before the leaves appear.
Bloom Time Notes:
Spring
Leaf:
Alternate, oval, 2-4 inches; entire or finely serrate.
Fruit:
1/3-inch red-purple fruit (pome) on short stalk
Wildlife:
Pollen and nectar for insects, birds adore the fruit.
Natural Habitat:
Open, rocky woods and slopes; woodland edges; streambanks
Propagation:
Seed (stratified).
Bloom Time:
Sun or Shade:
Companion Plants:
Cultural Notes:
Sun to shade; moist to dry well-drained soil; acid soil. The more sun the better the flowering and fruit potential.
Other Common Names: Common serviceberry, Juneberry, Junebush, shadbush, shadblow, sarvisberry.