Serviceberry ( Amelanchier)is a very hardy Minnesota - native plant that can be grown as a heavy shrub or a small tree . Sometimes called juneberry , this is one of the great industrial plant for northern gardens because it call for small care , is extremely adaptable and leave complex body part and three - time of year interest to the garden .
There are several types of shadberry native to our region and some of them have been interbreed to create wonderful garden plants . Allegheny service tree ( Amelanchier laevis ) is common in northerly Minnesota . It has a minute form and grows more than 25 feet marvellous . Another species shadblow is shadblow serviceberry ( Amelanchier canadensis ) , which is generally shorter ( 10 to 15 pes ) and wider ( 10 feet across ) than Allegheny shadberry . Both plants offer interesting structure and bright nightfall colour .
Apple serviceberry ( Amelanchier x grandifolia ) is a popular metal money that includes several named varieties . These all grow 15 to 25 human foot tall and can be rationalize to either multi - stemmed shrubs or small trees . ‘ Autumn Brilliance ’ convey its name from its hopeful red fall foliage . Other cultivar let in ‘ Princess Diana ’ and ‘ Cole ’s Select ’ Juneberry .
Flowers of Allegheny serviceberry are a sweet, spring note to the plant. (Photo courtesy of Bailey Nurseries Inc.)
In plus to come down colouring , serviceberries generally have a sweet clean flower in springiness and — as the name propose — a blue ruby-red berry in late summertime through winter . The berry are eatable , but they are particularly prized by snort , include American goldfinches , brownish thrashers and bluejays .
If you do not have room for a full - size shadberry , you might consider ‘ Regent ’ ( Amelanchier alnifolia‘Regent ’ ) , a 3 to 6 human foot magniloquent shrub with the flowers , fall color and the form of serviceberry but in a more diminutive size . These serviceberries are sometimes grown in hedges to great effect .
service tree grows well in full Dominicus to part shade sites in moist , well - drain soil . ( Wondering what sort of dirt you have ? Send a sampling to the University of MinnesotaSoil Testing Lab . ) This pop aboriginal industrial plant is uncommitted at many Upper Midwestnurseries and garden nerve centre .
Regent serviceberries make an attractive hedge.
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