Saskatoon Serviceberry is a small tree or large shrub, growing about 12 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, usually with multiple stems. It has a white spring flower that is followed by edible fruit, which starts out red and ripens to a deep blue black. The fruit, which grows in clusters and is about the size of a current, is tasty out of hand, in preserves, or dried like raisins. Leaves are oval and dull greenk, turning orange to scarlet in the fall. Well suited to the shrub border, near a patio, or in an edible garden.
Grows in well drained soils in full sun to light shade. Adaptable to soil types, including sandy, loamy, or clay soils. Grows in acid, neutral, and alkaline soils. Best fruit will occur with regular watering, but it is drought tolerant. Does not require a pollinator. Tolerates alkaline soils to 7.5 pH. Root suckers are common and if not removed, will result in a dense, shrubby habit, which is not necessarily a bad thing. A Utah native, it is found in protected, cool, canyon locations.