Serviceberry Bush

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 bush. The serviceberry shrub also referred to as the juneberry saskatoon or shadbush produces showy flowers and edible berries. Alnifolia is a native of western minnesota s prairies and is a 6 to 9 foot shrub. Laevis is larger shrub or small tree often reaching heights of 40 to 45 feet and is native to east central minnesota. You can prune it to assume a small tree form with one trunk or leave it as a multi stemmed shrub. The apple serviceberry is a cross between the downy serviceberry amelanchier arborea and the allegheny serviceberry amelanchier laevis. This species produces the best quality fruit. Serviceberry reaches a mature height 15 to 30 tall with a spread of 15 to 25 and has an airy rounded shape.

After the show of these blooms clusters of edible berries form. The serviceberry autumn brilliance has an upright highly branching form that grows from between 15 25 feet 4 8 m in height. While all serviceberry fruit is edible the tastiest fruit is found on the saskatoon variety. 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. As a native plant serviceberry works well in just about any garden especially in open woodlands where it thrives under oaks or pine trees. The five petaled flowers closely resemble apple blossoms but with skinnier petals. Serviceberry comes in both tree and shrub multi trunk forms and pruning determines its shape.

This particular cultivar tends to sucker less than others tolerates drought and is adapted to a variety of soil types. The white blossoms are especially large on this hybrid. Amelanchier æ m ə ˈ l æ n ʃ ɪər am ə lan sheer also known as shadbush shadwood or shadblow serviceberry or sarvisberry or just sarvis juneberry saskatoon sugarplum wild plum or chuckley pear is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family rosaceae.