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Native to North America, amenable to a range of growing conditions, and beneficial to many types of wildlife, serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) is a landscaping powerhouse. It's also beautiful to behold ...

It’s hard to miss nature’s celebration of spring on the hills and along the rivers of the Inland Northwest. Everywhere you look you see the white flowers of our native serviceberry in full bloom. From ...

Serviceberry, also known as Juneberry, shadbush or downy serviceberry, has something for everyone, producing early blooms in the spring and tasty berries in June. Native Americans dried serviceberries ...

One of the earliest flowering shrubs of the Montana spring is western serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia. The snowy-white flowers are abundant and fragrant, filling the air with promises of good ...

The Pennsylvania native serviceberry has many names depending on the region. In some locations, it is known as the Shadbush, Juneberry, or even Sugarplum, to name a few.Serviceberry trees can grow to ...

April might bring showers and May flowers, but it also brings bloom to some of Ohio’s native trees. If a tree also has four-season interest, it’s certainly one to consider for the home landscape. Such ...

In my lineup of edible landscape plants, the serviceberry plays a starring role. Yet for too many gardeners this plant is unknown. Are you ready to try something new and delicious? A small tree or ...

Well, you're not alone. Many people haven't, at least, perhaps, by those names. Those are some of the common names for a pretty, small tree we have blooming in our open fields and forests in May. It's ...