The berries are really tasty a bit like a sweet blueberry. Mind getting to eat them is a problem as the birds usually devour them first. We were lucky last summer as picked quite a few to eat.
A friend had one in an alkaline garden but I wouldn't call hers dry - near the Broads. There's a fabulous one in Reydon just inland from Southwold, fairly free-draining there.
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Amelanchier (aka Snowy mesipilus/ Service tree)
We're going to get one for our garden.
Thank you Dove...now I can give it a name other than 'the tree with the white blossom'
Good for wildlife too Fishy, with berries for the birds. You can try them too - they're edible, but I've never tasted one.
Oh yes the bees love the blossom. I think I'll leave the berries for the birds though Dove
The berries are really tasty a bit like a sweet blueberry. Mind getting to eat them is a problem as the birds usually devour them first. We were lucky last summer as picked quite a few to eat.
I've never yet seen a berry on mine in 30 years, but I knew it had them, as it was a present from a bird
yes, I want to get one of those too
Are they happy on dry alkaline soil? I fancy one of those but I've seen the looking yellow and depressed in some gardens
It's on the list
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