Amelanchier canadensis
Common Name: Shadblow serviceberry, shadbush, serviceberry, June berry
Family: Rosaceae

NATIVE

Burlington, Ontario, Canada (all photos)

Plant is Native to: USA from Maine and down through the Carolinas
Plant Height at maturity: 6' to 20'
Plant Habit and Form: Deciduous large shrub or small tree. It is multi-stemmed, with suckers at base; usually pruned up like a tree to view bark.
Foliage: Leaf is oblong, with a rounded leaf base; dark green in color in summer and gold in fall; with a wooly to glabrous leaf surface. About 1.5" to 2.5" long and up to 1" wide. Alternate leaf arrangement. Leaves fall quickly in fall.

Bark: Bark is grey-silver, striped with small lenticels. Imbricate buds are reddish purple, conical in shape.
Flower: White flowers with obovate petals are held in erect racemes, which are 2"-3" long. Blooms in late March.
Fruit/Seed: Fruit is red but changes to black and is sweet and edible.
Growing Requirements (Culture): Requires full sun, prefers wet sites. Transplants easily.
Problems and Drawbacks: Susceptible to rusts, scales, aphids and mildews.
Special Uses: Planted for bark effect as well as flower; can be used as specimen plant or in small grouping.
ID Tips/Remarks: Can be propagated by seed. Prune up to be more tree-like.
Bibliography: http://www.hort.uconn.edu/