Flowers:
White (White flowers in nodding fleecy 4" panicles before foliage in spring that last for a few days)
Foliage:
Bronze (Bronze foliage unfolding in the spring); Green (Green summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Yellow, red-orange, red, to russet gold foliage in fall)
Fruit:
Multi-Colored (Black to reddish-purple fruits in early summer; fruits are edible by birds and people)
Soil:
Fairly adaptable to soil conditions, but prefers well-drained, acidic soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, serrated leaves (1.25-3" long) lack pubescence (Amelanchier arborea has pubescence on young leaves and tomentose that partly remains), and have short acuminate tips. Base subcordate or rounded. Long narrow buds (0.5") are green tinged in red, ciliate with silky white hairs. Smooth, light gray trunks, lightly striped.
