Description
Amelanchier arborea – Amelanchier canadensis of gardens – Downy Serviceberry- Occur naturally in eastern North America. This single stem or multi-stem tree can reach 25’ feet tall and 30’ feet wide usually with a rounded crown with drooping branches. Finely toothed pointed egg shape leaves 1 ½-4” long are covered with white down as they emerge later turning mid green followed by short profuse pendent racemes of 2-3” long flowers on handsome gray bark. In early summer small fleshy ½” red fruit appear. In the autumn the leaves turn red, orange, or yellow.
‘Robin Hill’, ‘Cumulus’ and arborea ‘Autumn Brilliance’ are other cultivars.
Some species do well in acidic boggy ground or by the side of a pond. Most prefer moist shelter sites under other trees but with ample light.
Zones 4-9
