Autumn Brilliance Service berry Tree for Autumn Colour and edible berries.

I was doing some research today on small trees I can plant in the garden to add some more colour in Autumn and discovered this beauty ..

Autumn Brilliance Service Berry Tree.

The Service berries are delicious and make great pies or jam.

Serviceberry fruit is delicious straight from the tree and can be used any way you’d use blueberries: smoothies, cobblers, pies, muffins, pancakes, jellies, jams, and ice cream. And don’t forget sorbet, pudding, wine, fruit leather, or syrup. Native Americans traditionally used the berries in pemmican…

Source: https://backyardforager.com/amelanchier-serviceberry-juneberry/

Look at that fall colour ….

Autumn Brilliance Service Berry Tree:

Description:

A great small tree prized for its abundance of showy white flowers in spring and consistently beautiful fall colors; a great three-season shade tree for small landscapes

Ornamental Features

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is covered in stunning clusters of white flowers rising above the foliage in early spring before the leaves. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The oval leaves turn an outstanding brick red in the fall. It produces blue berries from late spring to early summer. The smooth gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is an open multi-stemmed deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Shade
General Garden Use
Planting & Growing

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

Source: http://plants.makeitgreen.ca/11090002/Plant/607/Autumn_Brilliance_Serviceberry