Amelanchier
(Autumn Brilliance)
Height: 20 ft
Width: 15 ft
Shape: Upright
Fall color: Bright Red
Flower: White Clusters
Width: 15 ft
Shape: Upright
Fall color: Bright Red
Flower: White Clusters
Amelanchier (Autumn Brilliance)
Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance
Tree Overview:
A shrub or small tree prized for its brilliant orange-red fall color and disease resistance. Clusters of fragrant white flowers give way to small purplish black fruit often used in jams and jellies. Use in shrub borders or as a small tree.
Height: 20 ft
Width: 15 ft
Shape: Upright
Fall color: Bright Red
Flower: White Clusters
Care details
Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of a somewhat wide range of soils, but prefers moist, well-drained loams. Root suckers are common, and if not removed, will result in a shrubby growth habit for the plant.
Leaf/needle description
The leaves are deciduous, cauline, alternate, simple, lanceolate to elliptic to orbiculate.
Flower description
Noted for their fine five-petaled showy racemes of white-to-pink-flushed flowers in spring. Also prized for beautiful fall foliage and fruit.
