serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size25 to 30 feet tall15 to 20 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) is a tree for borders, specimen planting, pollinator gardens, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. White blooms open before the leaves emerge, and small crimson fruit follows. Birds and other wildlife feed on the plant, and the fall foliage turns orange to rusty-red. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Spicebush, Cinnamon fern, Sedge, and Red twig dogwood.
Native range
Eastern North America.