Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
White spring flowers, sweet June berries, and blazing fall color. The birds find it before you do.
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
Earliest-blooming native tree for pollinators, with berries that bring every frugivore in the neighborhood.
Allegheny serviceberry is one of the most spectacular spring-blooming native trees, and the birds know it before you do. In late March or early April, before the leaves fully open, white flower clusters cover every branch in a frothy display that lasts ten days to two weeks. Then the berries come in June, small, sweet, blueberry-like, and cedar waxwings, bluebirds, robins, and catbirds descend in groups to strip them clean. The multi-season payoff is real. Bronzy-purple new foliage emerges with the flowers in spring, matures to smooth dark green through summer, then turns shades of orange and red in fall. The bark is smooth and silvery gray, adding structure to a winter garden. This is a tree that works in every season and takes almost no attention once established.
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown allegheny 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.
Plant allegheny serviceberry instead of Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana). Same job in the garden, without the spread.
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 12–25 ft · 10–20 ft wide
- Bloom time
- Early spring
- Bloom color
- White
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native range
- Eastern North America from Newfoundland to Georgia, west to Minnesota
Care notes for allegheny serviceberry.
Tolerates full sun to part shade and adapts well to average garden soils. Give it consistent moisture the first season, then step back. It's rarely bothered by serious pests or disease when grown in the open with good air circulation. Minimal pruning needed; remove crossing branches in late winter only if necessary.
Pairs well with these.
Same light, same soil, same wildlife. Janet's picks to plant alongside allegheny serviceberry.
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