A small deciduous, understory tree, Amelanchier laevis features showy, fragrant 5-petaled white flowers in the early spring that give way to edible purplish-blue berries. The Juneberries taste great in jams, jellies, and pies but you better hurry and eat them before the birds. Ovate leaves emerge with a bronzish-purple tinge then matures to dark green, and eventually turn red- orange in the fall.
A small deciduous, understory tree, Amelanchier laevis features showy, fragrant 5-petaled white flowers in the early spring that give way to edible purplish-blue berries. The Juneberries taste great in jams, jellies, and pies but you better hurry and eat them before the birds. Ovate leaves emerge with a bronzish-purple tinge then matures to dark green, and eventually turn red- orange in the fall.
Tolerant of a wide range of soil but prefers moist, well-drained soils.
