Database

Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Northline’

Fruit: Saskatoon

Rounded, upright, uniform growth habit on this prairie-native shrub bearing highly nutritious fruit. White spring blooms and oval, green foliage that turns a vivid orange-red in fall. Highly productive cultivar with superior qualities, making it one of the best saskatoons. Large, sweet, juicy, purple-blue fruit that is great for fresh eating, pies, jams and freezing. Ripens in July. Suckering shrub; does great planted as a hedge, in a border, or as a single specimen. Also known as Juneberry or Serviceberry. Prefers moist, well-drained soil with best fruit production in full sun; drought tolerant once established. Fertilize in spring with a good compost or an all-purpose fertilizer before new growth emerges. Not much pruning is needed: thick, unproductive branches should be pruned in early spring before new growth emerges; suckers, or dead, broken, and diseased branches, can be removed anytime.

Self-pollinating but planting another variety close by will increase fruit yield.

Available in select potted sizes.