I discovered Flower Friday while visiting Lorilin@Bugbugbooks and decided to begin sharing some flower pictures from our gardens along with some information about them. Please check out Lorilin’s blog if you haven’t already for book reviews and more!
Last time I shared: Coneflower
Here are all 2019-2021 shares:
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Hibiscus
- Tiger Lily
- The Zinnia and the Swallowtail
- Yarrow
- Wax Begonia
- Monarda
- Mountain Mint
- Spring Blooms
- Rhododendron
- One Beautiful…One Interesting
- Persian Carpet Zinnia
- Hibiscus (non-tropical)
- More Hibiscus
- Volunteer sunflowers
- Lemon queen sunflowers
- Marigolds and Pumpkins
- Mountain Mint, Swallowtail, and Zinnias
- Blue Wood Hyacinth
- Purple Hairy Vetch
- Purple Blooms
Today’s share:
Common Serviceberry
It seems like a strange share for Flower Friday, but I just love these little trees in spring.
For years I’ve admired these trees in our woodland and had no idea exactly what they were. It’s so easy to pick them out, especially when everything in the woods is still quite dormant this time of year with only hints of green popping out.
They have these neat little white flowers that grow in clusters, which attract butterflies, bees, and birds.
Apparently these deciduous trees can get as tall as 30 feet, but I don’t think they’re very fast growers. It doesn’t seem like this one is much bigger from last spring.
Also known as:
- Common Serviceberry
- Downy Serviceberry
- Juneberry
- Saskatoon
- Serviceberry
- Shadblow
- Shadbush
- Sugarplum
You may be asking: are these edible? The answer is yes, and they taste a bit like blueberries.
Plant Facts:
Thanks for checking out Flower Friday! What do you have blooming this week? Have a wonderful weekend!
🧡 Mischenko
Beautiful 😍🌸 🌺🌹😍
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Thanks, Tessa. 😉
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I like serviceberries too. A pretty and dependable plant with good height. 😃
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I’m glad you like them too, Lorilin. Have you eaten the berries? The birds seem to get ours before we can get to them. 😂
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I never have! The birds get to ours too fast, too 😂
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Gorgeous!
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Glad you like them too! Thank you ❤️
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Interesting as I’ve never seen the serviceberry! The fruit do look a bit like blueberries.
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I’d have a hard time identifying it without blooms or berries. Much of the year it looks like any other tree! 😂 These can be found on the entire east side of the US, as far as Iowa.
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Wow – 30 feet! I wouldn’t have thought that just looking at them. So pretty.
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Yeah, they’re a tree for sure! Not super fast growers, although some say they are. 😉
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Amazing what one can find in the wild woods.
I love blooming plants. So many wild plants and wildflowers, and even blooming weeds are as beautiful as the flowers we so painstakingly plant each year. We just have to look around and ‘see’.
Awesome post! 💐
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Very pretty. I love those plants, bushes, trees that blossom early while everything else is still dormant. So nice that these also feed the birds. Great share, Jen.
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Thanks, Carla. 😊
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I’ve never seen this one before and it’s beautiful! And edible berries, too, M!
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It’s such a simple little tree, Jen, but how wonderful it is. They’re all over our woodland, but the birds always steal the berries first. 😂 Have a good week. ❤️
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