When it blooms
In bloom: April to May
How to grow it
- Light
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Moist
- Size
- 5.5 m–9 m
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native to
- Quebec
What it feeds
Canada Serviceberry is a host plant local wildlife depends on. These are the beings it brings back.
Wood ThrushThreatenedBirdIts flute-like song is fading from our woods. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it needs to feed its chicks.
Canada WarblerThreatenedBirdA bright yellow warbler in decline. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it feeds to its young.
Luna MothSpecialistMothOne of our most beautiful moths raises its young on native trees like birch and serviceberry.
Photos: Photo by Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by Shawn Hanrahan, CC BY-SA 2.5
Plant it with
Other native plants the Wood Thrush also depends on. Grow a few together and you give it food across the whole season.
Grow Canada Serviceberry where you live
Add it to your garden on Hortus, get a free report card of the wildlife it brings back, and find a nursery near you that carries it.
