Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Shadblow serviceberry blooms in a haze of white as the shad run upriver, then ripens sweet blue-purple berries in June. A suckering, multi-stemmed shrub for moist sites with fine orange fall color.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 25–30 ft
- Spacing
- 15–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~124 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT
Related native plants
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- Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
- Utah Serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis)
- Running Serviceberry (Amelanchier stolonifera)
- Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)