Titled “My 20 Favorite Trees Native to Missouri,” Taven’s list included serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), and whatever the evening’s speaker said about it caused it to stay on my mind ...

Less known, but every bit as charming, are the show Missouri’s two native serviceberries stage. Downy serviceberry, Amelanchier arborea, is a smallish tree — if suckers are removed — that ...

Serviceberry, juneberry or downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) is a beautiful tree ... according to Don Kurz in his book "Trees of Missouri." He noted the berries are eaten by at least ...

Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) is one of the first trees to flower in spring, producing a beautiful white bloom usually during the first or second week of April. Serviceberries are flowering ...

Their nutritional value is compared to that of blueberries. Serviceberry is one of the earliest trees blooming in Missouri, with flowers usually appearing before the leaves in late March to early ...

Autumn Brilliance' is a particular variety or "cultivar" of a closely related serviceberry species known botanically as Amelanchier arborea – also native, white-flowering and blue-fruiting.

Hardy in zones 4-7. Amelanchier arborea (downy serviceberry) Reaches heights of 15-25 feet, and is notable for its large berries and sun tolerance, although it will also thrive in shade.

The hybrid is a cross of two native species, namely Amelanchier arborea, called downy serviceberry, and Amelanchier laevis, known as Allegheny serviceberry. Most of the hybrid’s named selections ...

The two most common species are downy serviceberry, Amelan-chier arborea, and shadblow serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis. Both plants are native to the eastern U.S., and, unfortunately ...

The settlers knew this, so they watched one specific tree — Amelanchier — for cues ... earning the harbinger tree its common name: serviceberry. Or so the story goes. (True or not, it ...

Hardy in zones 4-7. Amelanchier arborea (downy serviceberry) Reaches heights of 15-25 feet, and is notable for its large berries and sun tolerance, although it will also thrive in shade.