@Pollinators hope you have success! 💚🌱
@jblue We have a plan, and notes. The service berry blossoms are popular with the pollinators and the berries are popular with the birds. The service berries ripen ahead of most of the others.
@Pollinators same here. They’re the first native berries of season.
@marsiposa @Pollinators it depends. In my area, there are two species or ecotypes. One flowers and fruits earlier and tastes like almonds and the later flowering/fruiting ones taste like raspberries with blueberries but with no tartness, just sweetness.
@jblue @Pollinators
ah, very interesting. I didn't know about the two varieties.
We bought one serviceberry plant last year at the native nursery. I don't know if our area has different varieties. The one we got had very sweet fruits! I think the raspberry/blueberry type. I liked them 🙂
I think because it was a new plant, the birds didn't find out on time, heh.
@marsiposa @Pollinators we have three official species that might be in our area but there are also cultivars. Also the cultivars are bred for colder climates (zone 7- colder) so I have to stick to local plants if I want to grow serviceberries.