Canada Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
The serviceberry for wet ground. White April flowers, sweet June berries the birds race you for, and reliable orange-red fall color.
Typically 1 quart–3 gal · $17–$85 · final price at pickup
- Thu, Aug 138 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Aug 148 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Aug 158 AM – 2 PM
The best serviceberry for wet spots. flowers, berries, and fall color in the sites most plants reject.
Canada serviceberry is the serviceberry for wet feet. It naturally colonizes swamp edges, pond margins, and the wet low spots in yards that stay soggy through spring. Where Allegheny serviceberry thrives on a sunny slope, Canada serviceberry wants the ground that holds water. and it rewards that placement with dense white flower clusters in April and sweet berries in June that birds take faster than you can photograph them. It spreads by suckering over time to form multi-stem colonies, which makes it excellent for naturalizing a wet area or stabilizing a stream bank. The colony habit also means you get more berries per plant grouping than any single-stem tree would produce. Fall color is reliably good. orange, yellow, and red in most years.
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown canada serviceberry propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Mature size
- 6'–20' · 60-144 inches wide
- Bloom time
- April
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native range
- Eastern North America from Newfoundland to South Carolina, primarily coastal plain and wetland margins
Care notes for canada serviceberry.
Best in moist to wet soils; tolerates periodic flooding. Full sun to part shade. Minimal maintenance needed once established. Let it sucker and spread in naturalized areas for the most wildlife value. Prune lightly in late winter only to remove dead wood or manage size.
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