Genus: Amelanchier
Species: alnifolia 'Regent'
Common Name: Regent Serviceberry
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Native: Northwestern U.S.
Habit: Shrub
Height: 4 to 6 feet
Width: 4 to 6 feet
Flowering Season: Spring
Flower Color: White
Propagation: Stem cutting
Zone: 2-7
Note: This deciduous shrub is suitable for shrub borders,
naturalized areas, woodland gardens or next to ponds and streams. In the
Spring, showy flowers appear before the leaves emerge. Fruits resemble
bluberries and after they mature (midsummer) can be used in pies, jam and
jellies. This plant has an attractive red and yellow fall foilage. Monitoring
for scale, leaf miner, borers, powdery mildew, leaf spot, rust and fire
blight is needed. Prefers sunny to partly shady, moist, well-drained, ordinary
garden soil.
