Plant field guide
Serviceberry
Native four-season tree: white spring flowers, edible blueberry-like summer fruit, brilliant fall color, and smooth gray bark in winter.
Growing requirements
- Scientific name
- Amelanchier x grandiflora
- Sun
- partial shade
- Water
- moderate
- Height
- 120 in (305 cm) – 300 in (762 cm)
- Spread
- 120 in (305 cm) – 240 in (610 cm)
- Spacing
- Not recorded
- Hardiness zones & minimum temperature
- USDA 3–8; average annual extreme minimum from -40°F (-40.0°C). Hardiness does not predict local frost dates.
- Difficulty
- easy
Planting & seasonal timing
Northern Hemisphere planting months: not yet verified in our database.
Northern Hemisphere pruning months: February, March.
For the Southern Hemisphere, these seasonal windows shift approximately six months. Check your local frost forecast, soil temperature, and species requirements; calendar months are not a guarantee of planting safety.
Edible berries make excellent pies and jam. Birds love the fruit. Native understory tree. Autumn Brilliance is top cultivar.
Pruning
Prune in late winter. Remove suckers for tree form. Thin crossing branches. Light pruning only.
Fertilizer
Balanced organic
Early spring
Mulch
3 inches of organic mulch.