The shadblow serviceberry is a common name for a small, white-flowering, blue-fruiting native tree known botanically as Amelanchier canadensis. 'Autumn Brilliance' is a particular variety or ...

This 2009 image provided by Bugwood.org shows two Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry trees ... which is also sometimes called shadbush or shadblow because its blooms coincide with the shad ...

and shadblow serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis. Both plants are native to the eastern U.S., and, unfortunately, both are subject to a number of disease and insect pests. It sounds like your ...

The botanical name of the tree I wrote about is Amelanchier arborea and some of its nicknames are shadblow, shadbush, serviceberry, sarvisberry and a few others. A little later in this column ...

(True or not, it’s the more interesting of the two bits of lore about the tree, which is also sometimes called shadbush or shadblow ... 4-8. Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian or Eastern ...

(True or not, it’s the more interesting of the two bits of lore about the tree, which is also sometimes called shadbush or shadblow ... 4-8. Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian or Eastern ...

This 2009 image provided by Bugwood.org shows two Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry trees. (Richard Webb/Bugwood.org via AP) ...

serviceberry. Or so the story goes. (True or not, it’s the more interesting of the two bits of lore about the tree, which is also sometimes called shadbush or shadblow because its blooms coincid ...

The settlers knew this, so they watched one specific tree — Amelanchier — for cues: When its white flowers were in bloom, it meant the soil was soft enough to dig graves.