Taxon

Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'

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Common name: Autumn Brilliance apple serviceberry
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Distribution: hybrid: selection of Amelanchier arborea × A. laevis
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
Plant Patent Info.: PP5,717; 15 April, 1986
Comments: A small deciduous tree, often multiple stemmed, to about 15' tall and wide. Known for its above average disease resistance. 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 particularly excellent on this clone (hence the name) being orange to red. Fruits are berries ripening purple in June, ¼" wide, sweetly edible.
Links: Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder • RHS Horticultural Database • US Patent and Trademark Office- Patent No. Search

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AJ02 (AJ02) • Accession: D2016-0302.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: FLS: CB24 (CB24) • Accession: D1994-0314.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2017-0509.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2017-0509.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2017-0509.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: ZLG: AP13 (AP13) • Accession: D2017-0509.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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