Amelanchier

Shadbush

A very attractive small tree or large shrub with many loose clusters of star shaped flowers in the Spring that are followed by round, edible fruit. The new foliage is a lovely coppery red before turning green into the Summer and in the Autumn they become a red/orange in colour.

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Very little water
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Free draining

plant information

Common name

Shadbush

Latin name

Amelanchier

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Free draining
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Shadbush is 3.00meters x 4.00meters

3.00 M 4.00 M

Amelanchier

Planting outdoors in Autumn

From Late Autumn TO Early Winter

Plant out container grown plants in a well drained, lime free site and water in. A good layer of well rottrd compost or manure, spread around the base of the plant at planting, will aid root growth and help to discourage weeds.

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

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