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Omono
Hi Folks,
Over the last two years I’ve collected a few Saskatoon Berry plants as they look like they could have some good potential and wanted to know if others out there have had any experience with them. I have been told that the leaves do reduce in size and they have nice white flowers in the spring and berries in the late summer.
(Wikipedia)- Amelanchier alnifolia, the Saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry,[1] is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north central United States. The native one to our area is var. semiintegrifolia. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m (8,530 ft) elevation in California and 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in the Rocky Mountains.
The berry has recently been found to be very high in antioxidants particularly phenolics, flavonols and anthocyanins.
Although this shrub can grow to a height of 1–8 m (3–26 ft), in most of its local range it doesn't achieve those heights around here as it’s a preferred food for local ungulates (Roosevelt Elk and Coastal black tailed deer). With the constant “grazing” they are kept short in height and show some good ramification but are very wild looking with twisted, contorted branches generally formed in a clump style. I’ve also noticed that the older branches are very stiff but they do send off new branches constantly which could easily be wired into desirable shapes.
I’ve attached a few photos of the ones that I'm going to work on.
Cheers Graham
Over the last two years I’ve collected a few Saskatoon Berry plants as they look like they could have some good potential and wanted to know if others out there have had any experience with them. I have been told that the leaves do reduce in size and they have nice white flowers in the spring and berries in the late summer.
(Wikipedia)- Amelanchier alnifolia, the Saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry,[1] is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north central United States. The native one to our area is var. semiintegrifolia. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m (8,530 ft) elevation in California and 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in the Rocky Mountains.
The berry has recently been found to be very high in antioxidants particularly phenolics, flavonols and anthocyanins.
Although this shrub can grow to a height of 1–8 m (3–26 ft), in most of its local range it doesn't achieve those heights around here as it’s a preferred food for local ungulates (Roosevelt Elk and Coastal black tailed deer). With the constant “grazing” they are kept short in height and show some good ramification but are very wild looking with twisted, contorted branches generally formed in a clump style. I’ve also noticed that the older branches are very stiff but they do send off new branches constantly which could easily be wired into desirable shapes.
I’ve attached a few photos of the ones that I'm going to work on.
Cheers Graham