Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry is a small multi-trunked deciduous tree prized for its fall color and edible berries. The finely toothed dark green leaves emerge with a bronze tint and earn brilliant orange-red shades in fall.  Clusters of fragrant white flowers give way to small purplish-black fruit often used in jams and jellies. Grows best in moist, well-drained soils.  Excellent disease resistance.

Amelanchier arborea and its cultivars are hosts for the Red-Spotted Purple and Viceroy butterflies. It has good value for the wildlife, with its flowers providing nectar for bees and hummingbirds and the berries favored by songbirds and mammals.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Rust, leaf spot, fire blight, powdery mildew, and canker are occasional disease problems.

LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens, Woodland Gardens, and  Shade Tree. 

COMPANION PLANTS: Oakleaf Hydrangea, Dogwood, Joseph's Coat