Description
Type: Deciduous shrub or small tree
Family: Rosaceae
Height:15-25 feet
Spread: 15-25 feet
Native Range: Eastern North America, statewide in Missouri
Site Requirements:
Soil: somewhat tolerant to a wide range of soils.
Water: Medium
Sunlight needs: full sun to part shade
Tolerates: clay soil, air pollution
Landscape use: Shrub border, naturalized areas
Brief Description: Easily grown, early flowering shrub or small tree, berries are edible and similar in taste and appearance to blueberries. One of Missouri’s tastiest native edibles.
Wildlife Benefits: Birds are attracted to fruits
Possible Problems: No serious problems. Rust, leaf spot, fire blight and powdery mildew are occasional disease problems, and sawfly, leaf miner, borers, and scale are occasional insect pests.
Stand out Features: Showy, fragrant and early flowers, edible berries, good fall color
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Additional information
| Common Name | serviceberry |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Amelanchier arborea |
| Native Range | Eastern North America |
| Zone | 4 to 9 |
| Height | 15.00 to 25.00 feet |
| Spread | 15.00 to 25.00 feet |
| Bloom Time | March to April |
| Bloom Description | White |
| Sun | Full sun to part shade |
| Water | Medium |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Suggested Use | Flowering Tree |
| Flower | Showy, Fragrant |
| Attracts | Birds |
| Fruit | Showy, Edible |
| Tolerate | Clay Soil, Air Pollution |
| Leaf | Good Fall |
