Apple Serviceberry
Autumn brilliance apple serviceberry amelanchier x grandiflora autumn brilliance sku 0253.
Apple serviceberry. The white blossoms are especially large on this hybrid. Arborea downy serviceberry and a. It exhibits characteristics intermediate between those of the parent species. It does not grow as tall as some of the other types and does particularly well in shade.
Clusters of fragrant white flowers give way to small purplish black fruit often used in jams and jellies. There are a number of cultivars of apple serviceberry. Arborea and the allegheny serviceberry a. Multiple stems are upright and highly branched forming a dense shrub or if properly pruned a small tree with a vase shaped form and.
A shrub or small tree prized for its brilliant orange red fall color and disease resistance. Grandiflora is a hybrid of a. Apple serviceberry amelanchier x grandiflora is a hybrid with a graceful rounded form. A natural hybrid between a.
The pinkish purple fruits resemble miniature apples. It bears 3 inch long racemes of white flowers in spring followed by edible juicy blue black fruit. It is a cultivated hybrid between the downy serviceberry a. Amelanchier grandiflora autumn brilliance am el an keer ex gran dih floor ah audio this shrubby tree has leaves that emerge bronze mature green and fade to orange and red in autumn.
Apple serviceberry is a wonderful four season tree with white flowers in the spring blue green leaves that turn red in the fall blue black edible berries and smooth silver gray bark. Excellent for a woodland garden naturalized setting or as a specimen plant in a garden. The apple serviceberry is a cross between the downy serviceberry amelanchier arborea and the allegheny serviceberry amelanchier laevis. Use in shrub borders or as a small tree.
You can prune it to assume a small tree form with one trunk or leave it as a multi stemmed shrub. This plant grows as a multi stemmed tree or shrub. Phonetic spelling am uh lan kee er bi gran dih flor uh description. Laevis which includes the listed cultivars above learn more about amelanchier spp.
It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and wide and bears profuse white blooms that are sometimes tinged pink. Laevis with an upright branching habit. Amelanchier grandiflora is a hybrid cross between two species of north american serviceberry namely a. It has the largest flowers of all serviceberries and some types have pink flowers.
It is quite drought tolerant. This tree is a hybrid between two native serviceberries downy serviceberry amelanchier arborea and alleghany. This cultivar is called autumn. It is known in commerce today by several showy cultivars.
Amelanchier comes from a french name for amelanchier ovalis and grandiflora is latin for large flowers.