Its oval-shaped foliage grows in an upright, spreading habit. Plant this shrub around your landscape as a privacy border or as a shade tree. It was discovered in a cultivated yard in Elm Grove, Wisconsin in the mid-1980s with subsequent issuance of U.S. Also known as Amelanchier Autumn Brilliance or Apple Serviceberry, its large succulent blueberry-like fruit has a blueberry and almond taste that attracts birds and other wildlife. 'Princess Diana' is noted for its yellow flower buds, abundant white flowers in spring, deep bluish purple fruits, wide-spreading branches and red fall color. Genus name comes from a French provincial name for Amelanchier ovalis a European plant in this genus. Finely-toothed, oval-lanceolate leaves (to 3" long) emerge with bronze tints in spring, mature to dark green from late spring throughout summer before finally turning brilliant red to orange-red in fall. Berries resemble blueberries in taste and may be used in jams, jellies and pies. Flowers bloom in April followed by edible fruits (3/8" diameter) in June (hence the sometimes used common name of Juneberry for amelanchiers). Trim each sucker to about 2 inches and wash off any dirt before transplanting in a pot or directly in the ground. It is one of the first to bloom with delicate white flowers. To easily propagate serviceberry, use a shovel or pruning shears to remove suckers and their roots from a mature, healthy plant in the spring (before buds break open). Autumn Brilliance apple serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’): Very commonly sold, the cultivar is 20 to 25 feet high and wide with a brilliant red-orange fall color. This is a small, deciduous, usually multi-trunked understory tree or tall shrub which typically matures to 15-20’ tall. Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp), is a small forest tree that gives the promise of spring. It is known in commerce today by several showy cultivars. Amelanchier × grandiflora is a hybrid cross between two species of North American serviceberry, namely, A.
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