Serviceberry Bush Winter

Also known as western juneberry prairie berry or western serviceberry saskatoon bush amelanchier alnifolia is native to the area extending from the inland northwest and the canadian prairies to the southern yukon.

Serviceberry bush winter. Young serviceberry leaves are purple or greenish gray but mature to medium or dark green. This small tree thrives through all four seasons and offers so much to any garden. They offer four season interest with their beautiful blossoms pome fruits autumn leaf colors and bark color in winter. Use clean and sharp pruners to remove just what is necessary.

Serviceberry trees are graceful trees that are underused in landscapes. Pruning serviceberry trees and shrubs serviceberries require pruning yearly. Serviceberries are deciduous and found throughout the northern hemisphere. Inspect the tree for deadwood diseased wood and crossed branches.

Downy serviceberry is a four season plant offering white flowers in spring small red berries in summer excellent fall color and gray bark in winter. Serviceberry provides year round interest in white spring flowers yellow to red fall foliage smooth gray bark and edible purple fruit. Native to north america these moderate size trees are easy to grow and give a yard or garden three seasons of color producing fragrant white flowers in early spring edible berries in the summer and blazing orange yellow and red leaves in the fall. Late winter or early spring is best before the new leaves appear.

Saskatoon shrubs are attractive plants that bloom in spring and produce scads of bluish purple saskatoon berries in summer. Autumn brilliance serviceberry fall color. Abundant white blooms in spring are followed by delicious berries in summer fiery foliage in fall and silver bark in winter. The fruit is usually eaten very quickly by birds.

Feed serviceberry shrubs with organic 5 3 3 fertilizer at six week intervals between early april and the end of october. The common name of juneberry is sometimes used because the fruit starts to ripen during that month.