Amelanchier Lamarckii multi stem
Amelanchier Lamarckii multi stem in our garden
We Have two of these Amelanchier Lamarckii multi stem in our courtyard area. Picture below shows how they were looking in late October.
The rust coloured leaves looked very striking, however they are then supposed to turn red. This didn’t happen, they just fell off in early November, probably something to do with the weather conditions.
Both of these multi stem Amelanchiers were smothered in white flowers in late April, early May. They would probably have bloomed earlier if they had been planted in a full sun position. We did have Amelanchier in our Aberdeen garden but never really got the benefit of it due to overplanting. I now appreciate the praise which this tree receives.
Slideshow of our Aberdeen garden
Plant details for Amelanchier Lamarckii multi stem
Dormant in Winterr but from April till November this Amelanchier adds great interest to the garden.
Lamarckii is more often grown as a multi stem tree which is suitable for the smaller garden. Also known as serviceberry or juneberry.
In early/mid Spring the tree is smothered in white star like blooms followed by leaves of an attractive copper colour which turn green in early Summer.
The small red berries in Summer turn black in autumn, well that’s if the birds havent got to them. The blackbirds in particular love them.
In Autumn the leaves turn a rusty shade and then a striking red.
Amelanchier Lamarckii multi stem unsurprisingly received the RHS award of garden merit.
Quick read details
- Hardiness – fully hardy
- Height – 4mtrs/13ft after 20 years if unpruned
- Flower – masses of star-shaped white blooms in Spring
- Leaves – opening copper colour in Spring turning green in Summer and then orange/red in Autumn
- Berries – red in Summer turning black
- Common name – juneberry, serviceberry, snowy mespilus
- Soil – free draining moist soil neutral to slightly acidic
- Position – full sun/partial shade
Hello Joy
I have one more post and then I will be in shutdown until after the New year. Mind you if I go any slower right now I will come to a complete standstill.
Take care and have a great Christmas and New year.
Hello there Alistair .. very pretty pictures for this time of year .. it is rather bare here now, although i still have a few “green” plants peeking up in the garden .. we actually have no snow right now.
I have serviceberry “Autumn Brilliance” .. right by the rose arbor .. I keep it as a small tree and it is very nice to watch it go through all the seasonal stages.
Enjoyed your post … I know garden posts are rather sparse this time of year .. I am on a shut down phase until Spring.
Unless I capture a great shot of the super moon phases in January/February …. that will be total luck indeed ! haha
Take care
Have a Merry Christmas !
We do also get biting strong winds here. These Amelanchiers are in a very sheltered position.
your amelanchier trees are much larger than mine and look beautiful, I bought 10 small ones in autumn 2011 and they have been very slow to grow, I don’t think they can cope with the winter winds, as with many spring flowering shrubs here I haven’t had any flowers yet, the foliage though is lovely and worth growing for that alone, Frances
Hi Sunil, I think Amelanchier is an ideal tree for Clematis to scramble through.
Hello Alistair, I love your Amelanchier trees, we have one – much smaller that is taking its time to get established – we did have incredible colour on it this year with the autumn leaves but the berries were stripped by the birds as soon as they turned red. I’m looking forwards to the masses of starry flowers in the spring and then the clematis that is clambering up it in summer.
We used to love watching the bullfinches in our Aberdeen garden. They do tend to pick away at buds on the trees.
I have a couple, one does well and one doesn’t. We also have bullfinches which like to eat the flower buds, so some years I don’t get many flowers. I never seem to have any berries, the birds get them all. In spite of all this it is my favourite tree!
Irga, I like that Nadezda, easy to spell.
Lovely plant, Alistair. We call it ‘Irga’ . I always enjoy seeing it in bloom. In autumn I love Amelanchier berries too.
I use them in apple jam, it has a different taste. Sometimes the birds are ahead of me and eat all the Amelanchier berries so there is nothing left for jam:-)