Abundant white blooms in spring are followed by delicious berries in summer, fiery foliage in fall, and silver bark in winter. Serviceberry trees display white blooms just before their foliage emerges in early spring, offering some of the earliest sources of nectar for pollinators. The five-petaled flowers closely resemble apple blossoms but with skinnier petals.
After the show of these blooms, clusters of edible berries form. As summer begins, berry colors ripen to a deep red then purple color. The berries make a wonderful substitute for blueberries and can be eaten fresh or made into jams and jellies. Birds also enjoy them. Related: Best Berry Plants for Birds.
Serviceberry foliage has an open and loose habit. This allows dappled light to shine through, which creates a space for part-shade plants to sit below the base of serviceberry trees.
As nights cool down in autumn, blue-green foliage transforms into beautiful shades of orange and red. Serviceberry's habits are extremely versatile. They can be treated as either a large shrub or a small tree. Some species of serviceberry can sucker and create spreading colonies. In their natural habitat, these trees tend to do well in part shade.
This cultivar is noted as having good form, reliable flowering and brilliant red fall color. This cultivar matures at 20 to 25 feet and is faster growing than the species, especially under intensive cultivation.
It is reportedly more resistant to leaf spot and fire blight than the species. The flowers are pendulous and the habit is more erect than the species. Young foliage is bronze-colored, maturing to a dark glossy green in summer and turning a dark bronze-purple in the fall. This selection grows to 15 to 20 feet high. It exhibits very good leaf spot resistance and is essentially free of fire blight. The red fall color is outstanding, and colors early while lasting late.
Mature size is reportedly 25 feet tall by 15 feet wide. This cultivar is often available both in multi-stemmed or single trunk-type forms.
It has excellent resistance to the leaf spot fungus. George M. This information is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement of brand names or registered trademarks by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service is implied, nor is any discrimination intended by the exclusion of products or manufacturers not named.
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You can grow them as individual, ornamental specimens, blend them into a shrub border or group some of the smaller varieties to grow into a hedge. The berries, which taste similar to blueberries Vaccinium spp. Kimberly Caines is a well traveled model, writer and licensed physical fitness trainer who was first published in Her work has appeared in the Dutch newspaper "De Overschiese Krant" and on various websites.
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This species is hardy to zone 3. Apple serviceberry A. It has the largest flowers of all serviceberries, and some types have pink flowers. It does not grow as tall as some of the other types and does particularly well in shade. There are a number of cultivars of apple serviceberry. It is hardy in zones Smooth or Alleghany serviceberry A.
The nodding or drooping white flower clusters bloom as the leaves unfold in late spring. The slightly downy, bronzy purple new leaves turn dark green in summer and turn yellow-orange to red early in the fall. The blue-black fruits are very sweet and juicy, and are a favorite of birds and other animals. The smooth, striped bark is a dull gray, while the slender stems are a reddish brown. This species is often pruned up to form small tree but it does tend to sucker , and does best in full sun in wet sites.
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