Running Serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera

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Botanical Name:

Amelanchier stolonifera

Family:

Rosaceae

Genus:

Amelanchier

Species:

stolonifera

Common Name:

Running Serviceberry

Height:
4-5 feet
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
4
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
Harvest season:
Summer
Harvest Month:
June
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  • Amelanchier stolonifera

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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.
In a Nutshell:
* Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets. It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. more...
* The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple. more...