![]() ![]() Plant Addict Guarantee (Included On All Plant Orders) When planting, space your Autumn Brilliance Shadblow Serviceberries 12 to 15 feet apart. They can be planted en masse as borders and hedges, or as privacy screens or windbreaks. Serviceberries make excellent under-plants, and excel alongside perennials and ground cover of all kinds. Your Autumn Brilliance will look spectacular when planted against a dark background like an evergreen hedge or woodland, to show off their white petals and fall colors. Autumn Brilliance Shadblow Serviceberry Spacing If you want your serviceberries to have a single trunk, instead of the traditional multi-stems, start when the tree is young by pruning the root suckers as they appear, following flowering. You should prune your serviceberries annually, but be sure to leave some old growth, as flowers form on old wood. Prune your Shadblow Serviceberry after it has finished blooming in the late fall or early spring by removing crossing, crowded, or diseased branches. To produce the maximum amount of berries, fertilize your serviceberry shrubs with liquid fertilizer in six-week intervals between early April to the end of October. Keep the root ball of the plant sufficiently moist until the plant is well established. It is fairly drought tolerant once it’s been established, and does well in a variety of different soils, so long as they have good-drainage. Autumn Brilliance Shadblow Serviceberry CareĪutumn Brilliance Serviceberry should be planted in full to partial sun. This particular species of serviceberry is faster growing than other varieties, and more resistant to both leaf spot and fire blight. The early spring flowers attract pollinators of all kinds, and birds adore the summer fruit, so choose a site with lots of clearance where litter won’t be a problem. It is a heavily branched tree with a rounded peak and moderate growth rate. Native to North America, Autumn Brilliance Shadblow Serviceberry is great for any type of landscape. These gorgeous trees grow from 12 to 25 tall and are truly a tree with four season appeal. Berries are followed by bright red and orange fall foliage, then beautiful winter bark. The sweet, purple Juneberries that follow are similar to blueberries, but have a mustier, apple flavor. ![]() In the early parts of spring, these tall plants bloom with drooping clusters of brilliant white, starry flowers. Partial Sun to Full Sun (At Least 5 Hours of Direct Sunlight)Īutumn Brilliance Shadblow Serviceberry, or Juneberry, is a deciduous small tree with many attractive attributes lasting all season long. ![]() The smaller close cousin is named Regent Serviceberry, and matures to a much smaller size of about 6 feet high by 6 feet wide, which is often an excellent choice closer to buildings. Allow plenty of room for growth of the Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, as they can mature to a somewhat rounded size of 20 feet high by 15 feet wide. One of my favorite times of the year is when I can pick and eat the Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry fruit produced by the plants we have for sale at the nursery.Īs the name would suggest, Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry produces a nice fall color show of mixed red/burgundy and some yellow. The fruit is enjoyed by birds, and I enjoy it for fresh eating. A common name for serviceberry is Juneberry, because of the tasty purple/black fruit that is produced in large quantities in June and throughout July. Serviceberries exhibit some salt tolerance, which is one reason we increasingly see the single stem tree form of Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry used on boulevards and highway beautification projects. This allows it to be used in smaller gardens where the design calls for perennial and small shrub plantings under the tree canopy. This allows every blossom to be visible for maximum effect, which is both delicate and impressive.įor certain landscaping and urban uses, Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is pruned and trained into a single stem tree form. Cold hardy all the way to the Canadian border, Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry naturally develops a multi-stemmed structure with strong branches and interesting architecture.Įarly each spring Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry produces bountiful massess of lacy white blossoms before the leaves are fully developed. Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is a lovely small tree/large shrub that shines in many seasons of the year. ![]()
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