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Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Forest Prince'
Common name:
Forest Prince apple serviceberry
Family:
Rosaceae (rose family)
Distribution:
hybrid: selection of Amelanchier arborea × A. laevis
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A small deciduous tree, often multiple stemmed to about 15' tall and wide. Foliage consists of simple leaves, 2-3" long, finely toothed along the margins, alternate. Flowers on this cultivar open pure white over the entire length of the stems, 2-4" long in pendulous clusters. Fall color is usually and excellent orange to red. Fruits are berries ripening purple in June, ¼" wide, sweetly edible.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
VVW: AW16
(AW16)
• Accession: D2006-0473.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual