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Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance'
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
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Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' is a deciduous small tree hardy in zones 3–8. It grows 15–25 ft tall and 15–20 ft wide, so plant it 16 ft apart. Give it full sun to part shade and average water. It flowers white in April. In a FloraVista list it usually plays the anchor role: the one larger plant that anchors the back of a bigger bed. Deer do eat it, and it is toxic to dogs and cats. Our rules leave it out of lists in Florida and the Gulf, Texas and the South-Central states and the Desert Southwest, where summer heat, humidity or mild winters hold it back even inside its zone range.
Facts from our plant table
- Botanical name
- Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
- Plant type
- Small tree, deciduous
- Hardiness zones
- 3 to 8
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hours); Part sun (4–6 hours); Part shade (2–4 hours)
- Water
- Medium
- Soil
- Adapts to most well-drained soils, including clay.
- Mature size
- 15–25 ft tall × 15–20 ft wide
- Spacing
- 16 ft apart (centre to centre)
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Bloom
- Apr · white
- Roles in a bed
- Anchor
- Styles
- natural, cottage, modern
- Deer resistance
- Low: deer eat it
- Pets
- Toxic to dogs and cats. Not on the ASPCA list; leaves and seeds hold cyanogenic glycosides like other rose-family fruit trees, so marked toxic to be safe.
- Native to
- Not native to the US (or a garden hybrid)
- Pot size and price
- 7-gallon pot, typically $70–$130 (easy to find)
- Plant in
- Spring or Fall
- First-year watering
- Water deeply once or twice a week through the first summer, more in heat waves, so the root ball never dries out.
- Pruning
- Prune in late winter; remove root suckers to keep a tree form.
Sources: Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder; ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant list; Rutgers NJAES deer resistance ratings (A-D); state noxious weed lists / Invasive Plant Atlas of the US; typical 2026 US garden-centre and big-box listings. Not yet reviewed by a horticulturist.
Good companions
The plants our list engine most often puts in the same bed as Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance', across the sun, zone, pet, deer and style combinations it fits.
- Bee balmMonarda didymaperennial · zones 4–9
- Blanket flower 'Arizona Sun'Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'perennial · zones 3–10
- Blue false indigoBaptisia australisperennial · zones 3–9
- Evergreen candytuft 'Purity'Iberis sempervirens 'Purity'groundcover · zones 3–8
- Dwarf Korean lilac 'Palibin'Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'shrub · zones 3–7
- Feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster'Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'ornamental grass · zones 4–9
If you can't find it
Plants that do the same job and pass the same rules for the conditions Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' suits.
How this page was made
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Data status: the plant table is awaiting review by a horticulturist. Check each plant with a local nursery or extension office before you buy.
Sources
- Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, state extension services and the USDA PLANTS database (zones, size, sun, water, bloom, native range)
- ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists (dog and cat toxicity)
- Rutgers NJAES and regional extension deer-resistance ratings
- State noxious-weed and invasive-plant lists and the Invasive Plant Atlas of the US
- Typical US garden-centre listings (pot size and price band)
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