This 2009 image provided by Bugwood.org shows two Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry trees. Photo by Richard Webb/Bugwood.org via AP Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in ...

Canadian tiger swallowtails, striped hairstreaks, and viceroys sometimes choose these trees for their larvae as well. Whether you're using your serviceberry as a specimen plant, a border or hedge ...

Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no radiators (or antibiotics). Many settlers didn't survive the season ...

to name a few.Serviceberry trees can grow to be 25 to 40 feet tall and spread up to 20 feet. Alternatively, they can form into shrubs reaching 15-30 feet tall. Its bright white flowers act as a ...

This 2009 image provided by Bugwood.org shows two Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry trees. (Richard Webb/Bugwood.org via AP) ...

It does not tolerate salt or drought well. Hardy in zones 4-8. Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian or Eastern serviceberry) This tree has similar attributes, minus the gray bark, and grows to 15-to ...

The settlers knew this, so they watched one specific tree — Amelanchier — for cues: When its white flowers were in bloom, it meant the soil was soft enough to dig graves.

Preachers then went from settlement to settlement to perform funeral services, earning the harbinger tree its common name: serviceberry. Or so the story goes. (True or not, it’s the more ...

It does not tolerate salt or drought well. Hardy in zones 4-8. Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian or Eastern serviceberry) This tree has similar attributes, minus the gray bark, and grows to 15-to ...