General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3 to 18 feet (.9-5.5m)
Plant Spread: 6 to 8 feet (1.8-2.4m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Pomes red ripening to purple/black with white bloom.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Serviceberry
  • Saskatoon
  • Saskatoon Serviceberry
  • Juneberry
  • Round-Leaved Serviceberry
  • Saskatoon Berry
  • June Berry
  • Mountain Blueberry
  • Shadblow
  • Western Serviceberry
  • Shad-Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amelanchier alnifolia
  • Synonym: Amelanchier sanguinea var. alnifolia

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Location: Twisp
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-05-02
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-05-12
- Many blossoms mean buckets of berries.
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Unripe (red) fruit turning blue/black when ripening

Date: 2005-08-01
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: Twisp
Date: April
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Branch with leaves and berries. Unripe (red) fruit turning blue/b
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Twisp
Location: Twisp
Date: Late June
Unripe berries
Location:  Maligne Canyon, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-05
FINALLY
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-20
early fruit development, immediately after flowering
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-03
a fresh one, from early May
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: Home
Date: 2012-04-24 
Protect from birds or you will be robbed.

Date: 2005-08-01
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2005-08-01
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2005-08-01
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Twisp
Date: 2012-10-18
Fall Color
Location: Akureyri Botanical Gardens
credit: Hedwig Storch
Location: Maligne Canyon, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-05
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-08
Location: Olympic National Forest, Hood Canal Ranger District
Date: 2014-06-07
Photo courtesy of: J.Brew
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