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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 15 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 8 to 10 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small green pomes, ripening to red and then dark purplish-black.
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP# 9,092

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Common names
  • Shadblow Service Berry
  • Downy Serviceberry
  • Canadian Serviceberry

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Location: Scarborough, ON
Date: 2016-05-07
May 2016 after having been moved back 2 feet.
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