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Amelanchier alnifolia |
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| Common name |
Western serviceberry; juneberry |
| Family |
rosaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub/tree |
| Flowers |
white (spring) |
| Size |
to 40' (typically smaller, to 10') |
| Light |
part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
Understory tree with bluish green foliage. White flowers in mid-spring, transitioning to 1/4" berries that start out red, and mature to black-blue. Ours stayed fairly small for at least the first five years it spent in our garden, but has since been pushing a bit more vigorously.
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| | Berries galore at the beginning of July |
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| | Fuzzy new growth in early April |
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| | Quite pleasingly shaped leaves |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Janet | May 29, 2006 | Another common name for this shrub is saskatoon berry. The city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was named after this food staple of the Plains Indians. You might find it more productive in full sun and alkaline soil, if you have any of the latter. ;o) The berries are excellent and make wonderful pies and jam. I have fond childhood memories of picking my way through wild saskatoon bushes, with more getting in my mouth than my pail. |
| Cindy | Apr 25, 2011 | Where did you purchase your serviceberry 'alniflora'? How many stems does yours have and how tall is yours at this time? Thanks.
We got ours from a local native plant sale (which is funny: there are amelanchiers native to this area, but A. alnifolia is not among them). Ours has just one trunk, and has grown to about 6' tall by now. It took a while to get there, which is due in part to the mostly shady condition it gets in our garden. |
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