This week’s spotlight is on the Louisa Crabapple. The Louisa is a weeping crabapple tree that yields a lovely pink flower. Its typical mature height is usually 12-15′ tall and just as wide. Branches on the Louisa Crabapple generally cascade to and fan across the ground in an elegant manner.
Red buds will open up in the Spring to beautiful single pink fragrant flowers that are about 1 1/2″ in diameter. This lovely tree is an added attraction to any lawn, garden or property depending on where you would like it to showcase its beauty. The flowers are extremely attractive to bees. See Heritage Hill Nursery for your Louisa Crabapple.
With the Shadblow Serviceberry, you can’t help enjoying the flowers give way to the small green berries as they turn red then into a deep purple (almost black) berry which when eaten taste very similar to blueberries with an almond accent.
The Shadblow Serviceberry is a shrubby type tree that can be left alone to form a suckering shrub or pruned to neatly grown into a single-trunked tree. Its colorful flowers will liven up any landscape especially when it blooms a bit earlier than others.
This shrubby serviceberry is friendly and attractive to wildlife and turns a beautiful gold color in Autumn. When mature it can grow as tall as 25 foot and be 15 feet wide. It enjoys and flourishes in full sunlight and can be found at Heritage Hill Nursery.
Did we mention this too is on sale the month of August?
A Regent Saskatoon Serviceberry may be the plant that has your best interest in mind. Color, berries, widely adaptable, attractive to pollinators, and has great tolerance of many conditions. This plant is begging you to take it home and discover its advantages in your yard or garden.
As a medium sized (6 ft. tall – 8 ft. wide) plant which yield a nutty flavored berry can be used as a shrub border or be used as a backdrop to show off its colorful berries. It is fragrant blooms in the Spring are so numerous it gives a dazzling effect in any yard it is found in. Pollinators come to it for a quick meal and can hang around to pollinate your other plants or flowers.
The green foliage turns yellow and burgundy in the Fall to add to the brilliance of this delightful plant. At Heritage Hill Nursery it can be found on sale the month of August. Try one out and you will be back for more.
Our spotlight zones in on the Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry – Shrub Form this week. This beauty of a shrub (or tree) busts outshining in Spring with it is large, puffy white blooms which cluster all over its branches. This attracts all types of butterflies to its owner’s garden.
The flowers will then yield to a green berry which eventually turns a deep red color and has a unique flavor. It reminds one of the mixture of blueberries and almonds all wrapped up in one.
This lovely shrub can be used to create a division in a garden or used as a privacy fence. Its mature height of 20-25 feet tall and a spread of nearly 18 feet provides a great backdrop to any landscaping project. Its foliage is a nice blue/green color and is a delight to have in any garden project. On sale this month at Heritage Hill Nursery, find your Autumn Brilliance today.
The Standing Ovation* Serviceberry is a 12 – 15-foot-high, 4-foot-wide widely adaptable plant that thrives from coast to coast, north to south. It is a Native American plant that displays a massive bloom in the Spring and yields an edible berry in the summer which tastes like blueberry. In the Fall the leaves turn orange to add vibrant color to your Autumn landscape.
These plants can be singled out for viewing or put several in a row to help build a barrier from wind. The 15-foot height is perfect for this and its oval shape is very decorative. The white flower is accented by a soft green foliage. The plant thrives in full sunlight and is a welcome treat to any yard or garden. Check one out at Heritage Hill Nursery. We have them on sale the month of August!
*Standing Ovation is a registered trademark.
