General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 8 to 16 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small reddish-purple berries
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Snowy Mespilus
  • Dwarf Garden Serviceberry
  • Europian Shadbush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amelanchier ovalis
  • Synonym: Amelanchier amelanchier

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-18
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-18
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-18
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Uploaded by robertduval14

Photo courtesy of: Jose Vicente Ferrandez

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