This is a popular garden plant in the UK and Europe, where it is widely naturalized.
Its origin is shrouded in mystery. T...Read Morehough it or its parents must have originated in N. America, it has never been found here in the wild. BONAP does not record a single occurrence.
Some experts believe it to be a naturally occurring hybrid that comes true from seed and designate it as A. x lamarckii. Of the hybrid theorists, some claim the parentage to be A. canadensis x A. laevis, while others assert the parentage to be A. arborea x A. laevis and find synonymity with A. x grandiflora.
Plants in commerce are often confused with other species.
Beautiful flowers and beautiful autumn leaves, but the best part are the berries - both because of their flavor and the fact that still m...Read Moreost people are shocked when you eat them ;-)
I've got one right beside my garden gate to have a few berries right when I get home from work.
Basking Ridge, NJ (Zone 7a) | June 2008 | positive
Amelanchier is tough multi-stemmed tree Requiring minimum pruning or maintenance that will tolerate extremes of cold and wet, is late fro...Read Morest hardy, I had a tree with spring leave exposed to 4 days of 25F and I did not sustain any damage to the leaves or flowers. It is tolerant of urban pollution, and is tolerant of neutral soil, but prefer amended acidic soil.
Do best in full sun.
Good fall color
Good spring flower
Single stem also found but is prone to breakage from ice and will grow a weak trunk.
Fruit are slightly smaller than a blueberry; they taste between a strawberry and an apple, and a lot less acidic
Seeds are much bigger than blueberry.
Impressive when in blossom. But wind quickly removes the blossom. With good weather the blossom can last up to two weeks, but in my locat...Read Moreion it is normally less than this: sometimes is only a couple of days. If you plant this, it needs to be out of the wind.
This plant is often confused with, or mislabelled as, A. laevis and/or A. canadensis, but is distinct from both of these. It is native to...Read More N. America but is naturalised in Europa and Asia. It has frothy white flowers in spring followed by dark edible fruits in June. The fruits are very attractive to birds, who may strip the crop before it is ripe, which is a shame from the humans' point of view as they make very good eating when ripe if grown in favourable conditions. The leaves colour beautifully in autumn. It likes woodland conditions, with acidic damp soil and plenty of humus. In the strongly sunny climates of southern europe it welcomes shade for part of the day, though in the UK it enjoys full sun.
It can be grown as a specimen tree or multi-stemmed tree/shrub. It also makes a very good hedge - though is not happy in windy conditions.
This is a popular garden plant in the UK and Europe, where it is widely naturalized.
Its origin is shrouded in mystery. T...Read More
Beautiful flowers and beautiful autumn leaves, but the best part are the berries - both because of their flavor and the fact that still m...Read More
Amelanchier is tough multi-stemmed tree Requiring minimum pruning or maintenance that will tolerate extremes of cold and wet, is late fro...Read More
Impressive when in blossom. But wind quickly removes the blossom. With good weather the blossom can last up to two weeks, but in my locat...Read More
This plant is often confused with, or mislabelled as, A. laevis and/or A. canadensis, but is distinct from both of these. It is native to...Read More