Common Snowberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) - TreeTime.ca

Common Snowberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

Symphoricarpos albus

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Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)
Common Snowberry

Honeywood Saskatoon, also known as Serviceberries, is excellent at producing an abundance of blue-coloured berries in mid-summer and has dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It is quite large making it a perfect shrub in your backyard garden. Often grown for its edible qualities, the Honeywood Saskatoon is quite ornamental with stunning white blooms in the spring.

Common Snowberry is a small deciduous shrub with characteristic white to pink flowers and clusters of white fruit.

This North American native species is very adaptable, and can be used for erosion control in riparian and restoration areas. Snowberry's fruit attracts wildlife, and livestock can consume the berries without issue.

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Common Snowberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 1a
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: produces large edible berries
Berries: white waxy berries
Flowers: pink to white flowers in spring
Bark: red-brown shredded bark
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none




Toxicity: berries toxic to humans
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry
Other Names: common snowberry