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Amelanchier laevis
Also called Allegheny shadblow, Smooth serviceberry, Smooth Shadbush, Currant Tree, Smooth Chuckleypear, Smooth Juneberry
Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) is a deciduous North American tree, usually grown as a small multi-stemmed ornamental tree or large shrub, valued for its early white spring flowers and edible autumn berries. It is grown in cool temperate gardens and needs good sun and moist but well-drained soil.
Amelanchier laevis, the smooth shadbush, smooth serviceberry or Allegheny serviceberry, is a North American species of tree in the rose family Rosaceae, growing up to 9 metres (30 ft) tall. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Iowa, south as far as Georgia and Alabama.
Saskatoon serviceberry · Canadian serviceberry · Serviceberry · Low serviceberry · Roundleaf serviceberry · Serviceberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amelanchier laevis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
