Serviceberry trees or shrubs can be planted to help the wildlife for food and for habitat. Serviceberry trees can be used as a specimen plant, as an understory tree or shrub, under power lines, or planted in groupings as a border or screen. It also tolerates both wet and dry soil locations. It does well as an understory tree, so it tolerates both sun and part shade locations, but it prefers part shade. Shadblow Serviceberry is a good tree for many locations on your acreage or in your landscape. It is similar to the Autumn Brilliance serviceberry but is more tolerant of the heat and more consistent in the red fall color. Coles Select serviceberry is another good, red fall color choice. Autumn Brilliance serviceberry is a past Great Plants for the Great Plains selection and has a brilliant red color to the leaves in the fall. There is a variety of this species, 'Regent', that has very good fall color as well. Saskatoon serviceberry is a good choice for better fruit production, as this species produces larger fruit. There are many other species and varieties of serviceberry that will do well in our environment and have many other attributes that we would enjoy on our acreages and in our landscapes. The fruits are edible, but you have to beat the birds to them. Serviceberry plants produce a small red berry that turns black in the early summer. This species of serviceberry turns yellow in the fall, but there are other species and varieties that turn red in the fall. The leaves are fuzzy when young, but become smooth as they age. Serviceberry leaves are arranged alternately on the stem and are oblong with fine teeth along the edges of the leaves without lobes. It can be grown either as a large shrub or a small tree, depending on how it is pruned. Shadblow Serviceberry, Amalanchier Canadensis, is a great plant for Nebraska landscapes, as it is a native tree. One of the small trees or large shrubs that turns a beautiful red or yellow color, depending on the variety, in the fall is Serviceberry, which is the October plant of the month selection. We can find trees and shrubs in green, yellow, orange, red, and brown all at the same time. Fall is a great time of the year to enjoy all of the wonderful different colors of the trees.
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