How to grow downy serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
When to plant downy serviceberry
Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Downy Serviceberry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 120 to 180 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5 to 8
Common problems
- cedar apple rust
- fire blight
- leaf miner
- slow to root after transplant
- weedy suckering
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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