Audubon Native Allegheny Serviceberry Tree

Description

Dense and Colorful Serviceberry

• Our assortment of trees and plants come from specialty growers across the United States. Please expect orders with numerous items or selections to be delivered over several days as a result.

• Our assortment of trees and plants come from specialty growers across the United States. Please expect orders with numerous items or selections to be delivered over several days as a result.

Irresistible! In late spring or early summer (depending on where you live), Allegheny Serviceberry serves up loads of plump, purple fruits that songbirds love. Birds adore serviceberries so much, in fact, they’ll sometimes eat them before they’re fully ripe! Many kinds of birds seek out these nutrient-dense morsels, including Cedar Waxwings, American Robins, Northern Mockingbirds, grosbeaks, and orioles. Plant a grove of Allegheny Serviceberries if you have the space, and each year you’ll play host to a joyous food fest that you’ll enjoy watching from your lawn chair or kitchen window. Truly one of the best trees backyard birders can buy. French botanist Francois Michauwrote that the berries of Allegheny serviceberry were sold in Philadelphia markets. The wood of Allegheny serviceberry ranks among the heaviest in the U.S. Allegheny serviceberry has naturalized in Germany, England and the Netherlands. Allegheny serviceberry was introduced into the landscape in 1870. Serviceberry’s fruit is used to make pies and sweetbreads and can be dried like raisins. Cherokees used serviceberry tea to aid digestion, and children who had worms were given baths in serviceberry tea. Native Americans used the tree’s straight wood to make arrow shafts. Francois Michauwrote of serviceberries being available in Philadelphia markets, but only children bought them. Serviceberries have good fall color and the bark is gray-ish and Shadblow serviceberry is an excellent choice for a naturalized garden, where it can spread naturally by suck-ering. It also makes an attractive specimen plant or can be used in front of an evergreen background.-in mid-spring, abundant, small and fragrant white flowers emerge-in summer, pollinators will be all over the small, round, tasty, dark purplish berries-in the fall, enjoy the show of oranges and reds-berries are good for jams, jellies, and pies-this bird-friendly native plant provides food and shelter for local and migrating birds and other wildlife-all Audubon branded trees and plants are grown 100% Neonic-free by Bower & Branch, making these trees safer for the birds and safer for the environment-the National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow-hand selected, fresh from the grower-ships in a plant-safe designed box

Product Details

• Amelanchier laevis
• Live plant material, potting medium, 3 nursery pot
• Hardiness zones 4 – 8
• Blooms – white
• Wild serviceberries are often found at the forest’s edge, so it comes as no surprise that allegheny also appreciates a site that receives dappled shade, or at least some protection from the mid-day sun. news of ripe serviceberries spreads like wildfire among our feathered friends, so to salvage any for yourself, you’ll have to net the plant before they ripen. also, the beech-like gray bark is handsome, but thin, so keep string trimmers well away from the trunk. otherwise, allegheny is carefree! fertilize young plants in the spring.
• Full sun/part shade
• Water new serviceberries several times a week, keep overly moist but not overwatering.
• Mature size 15-25′ tall, 15-25′ wide
• Matures in spring