ILPARW said: Thanks! Here is another photo of two full grown Apple Serviceberry in my backyard.
Hello. The size of your 'autumn brilliance' serviceberry trees has me worried. I have a serviceberry tree in the corner of my fenced-in yard. It is about twenty years old, like yours, but mine is only 15 x 15 ft and grows maybe 6 inches per year. Unfortunately, I do not know what variety it is. I'm guessing it's not an 'autumn brilliance'. My neighbor, on the other side of the fence, used to have two serviceberry trees as well, about the same age and size. My neighbor's trees were destroyed by a severe storm and removed a few years ago. Now, to the point of my post. Last fall, my neighbor bought a new tree, an 'autumn brilliance' serviceberry. That's the only variety any garden centers/nurseries sell around here anymore.
The potential 25 x 20 ft size has me concerned because the tree was planted only 5 ft from the fence. The old serviceberry tree in that area was only 4 ft from the fence, but it seemed like it may have been a smaller variety. The old tree, after about 15 years, was growing over the fence by a foot or two, so I was beginning to prune it so it would not shade my sun-loving plants. Now, if this new, larger serviceberry actually grows to be 20+ ft tall and wide, that is a problem. It would not be easy to prevent it from growing several feet over my yard. I would have to keep it pruned well, hopefully not making it look funny in the process. I'm really hoping this tree stays in the 15-20 x 15 ft range. I know there is a row of these trees planted at a bank, downtown (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). I think they are about 15 years old, but are only 12-15 ft tall and wide. I wonder why your trees have grown so much larger than the ones at the bank. They are the same variety.
