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This Amelanchier is located on LaGuardia Place at 4th Street. (Eat Street Trees!). |
- Plant it
- Eat it (berries)
- Used in jams and pies; good raw, too
- An ingredient in pemmican, a Native American food
- Wildlife forage
- Song birds* (A. arborea, A. canadensis)
- Bees** (A. canadensis, A. laevis)
- Gypsy moth*** (A. arborea)
- Also eaten by “raccoons, opossums, foxes, bears and even bobcats” (A. arborea, canadensis, and laevis)
- "Force" it (for instructions, read Carol Stocker's Want blooms? Just use gentle persuasion Boston Globe article)
- Smell it (fragant flowers)
- Admire it (seasonal interest – read more at Flatbush Gardener)
- Go fish (also known as shadbush because flowers at the same time that shad spawn)
*** Amelanchier arborea species information (US Forest Service)
We had one at work last year that was loaded with fruit. I was constantly fighting off a mockingbird to get my share.
ReplyDeleteThe fruit is so, well, fruity; I can taste it in a jam. There are several trees in the neighborhood. I ate from the one pictured above.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I tout the Amelanchier, I had no idea the flower was fragrant. Thanks for teaching me something!
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(Posted on behalf of Ellen Zachos of Garden Bytes from the Big Apple)