Shadblow Serviceberry

Other names

Thicket Serviceberry

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

ME to SC Along the Coast

Location

Urban Tree Collection, Newman Meadow, Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope, Treman Woodland Walk

Source of plant

John Ewanicki, Weston Nurseries, Edgewood Nursery, Schichtel's Nursery, Princeton Nurseries, Bailey Nurseries

Description

Upright, suckering tightly multi-stemmed shrub, 6' to 20' tall. The white flowers are borne in erect,compact, 2" to 3" long racemes and the petals are more distinctly and uniformly obovate than in A. arborea or A. laevis, and somewhat shorter, 3/5" long. Fruit is black, juicy and sweet. A. canadensis flowers about two weeks earlier than A. arborea and A. laevis. Fall color is usually yellow and gold, although individuals can have sprinklings of orange and red.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

fall color, bark