Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) - TreeTime.ca

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

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Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

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Silverberry (Wolf Willow)
Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Silverberry (also known as Wolf Willow) is a common native North American shrub. This beautiful ornamental plant has characteristic silver leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.

Its silver berries remain on the branches through the winter. Silverberry is cold hardy and has some ability as a nitrogen fixer. It can grow on dry to moist sandy/gravel soils. This plant is very low maintenance.

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.

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) Quick Facts

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: low
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: silvery leaves
Flowers: yellow
Berries: silver, edible
Berries: produces large edible berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: american silverberry, silver berry, wolf willow
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry