And more good news: they can grow well in wet conditions and in considerable shade, as at the edge of woods or in open forest. As native species, serviceberry trees come in many regional variations, and can thrive from the Canadian border regions to the Southern Appalachians, from the West Coast to the East Coast. Where do they grow? Well, practically anywhere. I watch those trees all year, and when the berries ripen I only have to cross the street with a bucket to harvest the fruit. My house sits across the street from the back of a bank parking lot, and several serviceberry trees were evidently planted a decade or so ago to help form a landscaping screen. Or…drum roll, please…process serviceberries as pasteurized juice, mead or wine, or simmer the juice to make serviceberry syrup to use on pancakes or as a mixer with vodka and soda. Make serviceberry jam or serviceberry ice cream. Bake them into pies, puddings or muffins. And it’s important to pick the highly nutritious berries as soon as you find them, for birds love them too, and the berries don’t stay on the tree much more than one or two weeks a year.Įat them raw they taste much like blueberries, with an almost dry, grainy texture and a mild, sweet flavor. On a day like today, in mid-May this exceptionally warm spring of 2012, I can pick a gallon of the berries in about an hour. In the late spring – serviceberry is sometimes called Juneberry – the fruit makes for some magical eating, as thousands of delicious purple-red berries ripen. Home Organization News, Blog, & ArticlesĪ small tree or large shrub in form, and bearing many names, this American native plant is beautiful in early spring for its billows of lacy white blooms and beautiful again in autumn for blazing color on the pleasing rounded leaves.Energy Efficiency News, Blog, & Articles.
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