| Description | Spring Glory Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) is a small tree or large shrub. White flowers in the spring, followed by edible fruit. Grows best in full sun with some shade and average to moist soil. |
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| Pronunciation | (am-e-LANG-key-er) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | Best in mostly sunny sites with some shade and will tolerate hot sunny areas |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | White flowers are borne in pendulous racemes on naked stems at the end of April. |
| Fruit | Tasty fruit (a pome similar to an apple) starts green, changes to red, and then ripens to purple; in my yard, you have to beat the birds to the fruit, or else they quickly clear the tree. Robins become possessive of the fruit and will give you a hard time when picking |
| Leaves | Simple and opposite, it emerges as a grayish bronze color that changes to green, and the fall colors are yellows, reds, and oranges. |
| Stems | The bark is smooth and gray. |
| Dimensions | 12 plus by 8 plus feet |
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