Dwarf Serviceberry, Thicket Shadbush Amelanchier spicata

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Botanical Name:

Amelanchier spicata

Family:

Rosaceae

Genus:

Amelanchier

Species:

spicata

Common Name:

Dwarf Serviceberry, Thicket Shadbush

Seeds Per Pound:
87,308
Quantity:
0.3 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
46
Germination:
83%
Germination Test Type:
cut
Purity:
98%
Height:
2-6 feet
Collection Locale:
Holland
Crop Year:
2022
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
4
In Stock: 0.3 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 46 seeds)
$5.95
5 gram (~ 962 seeds)
$28.35
10 gram (~ 1925 seeds)
$50.00
1 oz (~ 5457 seeds)
$99.95
2 oz (~ 10914 seeds)
$166.58
4 oz (~ 21827 seeds)
$299.85
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. sow seed 1/8" deep , tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
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Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.
In a Nutshell:
* Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets. It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. more...


Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically also called "pigeon berry"), is a species of serviceberry that has edible fruit, which are really pomes. They can be eaten raw or cooked. more...
* The fruit is rich in iron and copper. It is rather small, about 8mm in diameter. more...
* The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple. more...
* Amelanchier spicata has clusters of small white flowers that bloom in spring. more...