Red Elderberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) - TreeTime.ca

Red Elderberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

Sambucus racemosa

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Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)
Red Elderberry

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.

Red Elderberry is an attractive, medium-sized deciduous shrub.

It produces clusters of white flowers in the spring and bright red berry-like drupes, which provide beautiful contrast against its coarse, textured green foliage.

Red Elder can be pruned as a small single or multi-stemmed tree.

Note: This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using Red Elderberry seeds at SeedTime.ca.

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Red Elderberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: produces large edible berries
Berries: bright red berries
Flowers: white
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none




Toxicity: toxic to humans
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry
Other Names: red elder