🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🍎 Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
fruits
deciduous shrub/tree
Rosaceae
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.5
🪴 Soil Type
adaptable
🚿 Drainage
well-drained
📏 Spacing
8-12 ft
📐 Height
10-20ft
⏱️ Maturity
2-4 years
🤝 Companions (4)
🤝 Apple
🤝 Hazelnut
🤝 Understory
Understory fruit in orchard.
🤝 Woodland
Woodland edge fruit and nut combination.
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Juglone sensitive.
⚠️ Walnut
📝 Growing Notes
Blooms when shad run — hence 'serviceberry.' Four-season interest: flowers, fruit, fall color, winter form.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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