• Photo of Amelanchier x grandiflora (Amelanchier x grandifloras)

Plant Profile: Amelanchier x grandiflora

Taxonomy: Amelanchier x grandiflora

Names

Apple Serviceberry, Hybrid serviceberry, Serviceberry

  • Photo of Amelanchier x grandiflora (Amelanchier x grandifloras)

Phonetic Spelling:am-uh-LAN-kee-er BI gran-dih-FLOR-uh

Genus:Amelanchier

Species:x grandiflora

Family:Rosaceae

This is a natural hybrid of A. arborea and A. laevis, encompassing the cultivars mentioned earlier. Discover more about the Amelanchier species.

This plant can develop as a multi-stemmed tree or shrub. If cultivated as a tree, it is advisable to remove root suckers to prevent a bushy appearance. Being shallow-rooted, it thrives with a layer of mulch that helps retain moisture and regulate soil temperature.

The berries produced are edible in both raw and cooked forms, enjoyed by humans and wildlife alike, and are commonly used for making jams and jellies. Additionally, the fruit can be dried for preservation.

In terms of pests and diseases, this plant is generally resilient, with few issues. However, it may occasionally be susceptible to conditions like powdery mildew, rust, leaf spot, and fire blight, which can impact its health.

 

For further details on Amelanchier, please refer to additional resources.

Amelanchier x grandiflora Feature Summary

Amelanchier x grandiflora Image Gallery

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Amelanchier x grandiflora Feature Summary

Attributes
Uses (Ethnobotany):
The fruits of this plant are used in pies, jams and jellies, fruit rolls, and for making syrup. Native Americans are known to have eaten the berries fresh and dried, and often mixed with other foods for sweetener and flavor. Dried/dehydrated berries were also added to dried vegetables in soups and puddings.
Wildlife Value:
Birds and other wildlife eat the fruit.
Edibility:
The fruit is edible
Play Value:
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Wildlife Food Source
Attracts Pollinators
Fruit
Fruit Description:
Sweet berries begin to emerge in the summer and ready for harvest in the fall. The berries will turn magenta to purple. They resemble blueberries. Seed: Fruit
Fruit Color:
Red/Burgundy
Purple/Lavender
Pink
Fruit Width:
< 1 inch
Flowers
Flower Description:
The plant has small (larger than spp.), white flowers from pink buds in spring.
Flower Color:
Pink
White
Flower Value To Gardener:
Fragrant
Showy
Long Bloom Season
Flower Petals:
4-5 petals/rays
Leaves
Leaf Description:
Showy red to orange fall color
Leaf Color:
Green
Blue
Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
Orange
Red/Burgundy
Leaf Shape:
Elliptical
Ovate
Leaf Length:
1-3 inches
Bark
Bark Description:
Smooth, silver-gray bark.
Bark Color:
Dark Gray
Light Gray
Whole Plant Traits
Plant Type:
Shrub
Edible
Tree
Habit/Form:
Multi-stemmed
Rounded
Erect
Vase
Texture:
Medium
Cultural Conditions
Light:
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil pH:
Acid (<6.0)
Soil Drainage:
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasionally Wet
NC Region:
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
4a
4b
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
3a
3b
Soil Texture:
Clay
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Stem
Landscape
Landscape Theme:
Edible Garden
Pollinator Garden
Children's Garden
Design Feature:
Border
Foundation Planting
Shade Tree
Accent
Specimen
Flowering Tree
Small Tree
Understory Tree
Landscape Location:
Patio
Recreational Play Area
Woodland
Lawn
Naturalized Area
Small Space
Pool/Hardscape
Coastal
Attracts:
Pollinators
Songbirds
Small Mammals

Amelanchier x grandiflora Image Gallery

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Photo of Amelanchier x grandiflora - 'Autumn Brilliance' fall foliage:David J. Stang
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Photo of Amelanchier x grandiflora - 'Autumn Brilliance' stem:Andrey Zharkikh
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Photo of Amelanchier x grandiflora - 'Autumn Brilliance' Flowers:Jim Robbins

Amelanchier x grandiflora Attributes

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Uses (Ethnobotany)

The fruits of this plant are used in pies, jams and jellies, fruit rolls, and for making syrup. Native Americans are known to have eaten the berries fresh and dried, and often mixed with other foods for sweetener and flavor. Dried/dehydrated berries were also added to dried vegetables in soups and puddings.

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Wildlife Value

Birds and other wildlife eat the fruit.

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems)

mildly resistant to damage by deer

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Edibility

The fruit is edible

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Recommended Propagation Strategy

Division
Grafting
Layering
Leaf Cutting
Root Cutting
Seed
Stem Cutting

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Play Value

Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer

Amelanchier x grandiflora Fruit

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Description

Sweet berries begin to emerge in the summer and ready for harvest in the fall. The berries will turn magenta to purple. They resemble blueberries. Seed: Fruit

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Type

Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Color

grass
Pink
grass
Purple/Lavender
grass
Red/Burgundy

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Display/Harvest Time

Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Length

< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Fruit Width

< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches

Amelanchier x grandiflora Flowers

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Description

The plant has small (larger than spp.), white flowers from pink buds in spring.

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Color

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Pink
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White

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Inflorescence

Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Bloom Time

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Flower Petals

2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals

Amelanchier x grandiflora Leaves

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Description

Showy red to orange fall color

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Color

spa
Blue
spa
Green

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Deciduous Leaf Fall Color

spa
Orange
spa
Red/Burgundy

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Type

Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Arrangement

Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Shape

Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Hairs Present

No
Yes

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Length

< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Leaf Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long-lasting
Showy

Amelanchier x grandiflora Bark

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Bark Description

Smooth, silver-gray bark.

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Bark Color

grass
Dark Gray
grass
Light Gray

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Surface/Attachment

Bumpy
Exfoliating
Fissured
Furrowed
Lenticels
Papery
Patchy
Peeling
Ridges
Scaly
Shaggy
Shiny
Shredding
Smooth
Spongy

Amelanchier x grandiflora Whole Plant Traits

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Maintenance

Low
Medium
High

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Texture

Fine
Medium
Coarse

Amelanchier x grandiflora Cultural Conditions

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Soil pH

Acid (<6.0)
Alkaline (>8.0)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Soil Drainage

Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Available Space To Plant

12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet

Amelanchier x grandiflora: NC Region

Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont

Amelanchier x grandiflora: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

thermostat
3a
thermostat
3b
thermostat
4a
thermostat
4b
thermostat
5a
thermostat
5b
thermostat
6a
thermostat
6b
thermostat
7a
thermostat
7b
thermostat
8a
thermostat
8b

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Soil Texture

Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky

Amelanchier x grandiflora Stem

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Amelanchier x grandiflora Landscape

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Landscape Theme

Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Design Feature

Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Resistance To Challenges

Black Walnut
Compaction
Deer
Diseases
Drought
Dry Soil
Erosion
Fire
Foot Traffic
Heat
Heavy Shade
Humidity
Insect Pests
Pollution
Poor Soil
Rabbits
Salt
Slugs
Squirrels
Storm damage
Urban Conditions
Voles
Wet Soil
Wind

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Landscape Location

Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland

Amelanchier x grandiflora: Attracts

Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees