Autumn Brilliance is known for its reliably awesome fall foliage, in deep reds and oranges.  It's a cultivar of a cross between two native Serviceberries, Downy and Allegheny, known as Apple Serviceberry. These two Serviceberries often hybridize in the wild.
 
     'Autumn Brilliance' is easily is grown as a shrub or small tree, and it produces beautiful white clusters of five-petaled flowers in the spring.  Its trunks rarely exceed the 6-inch-diameter range.
 
     Its edible--and delicious--berries, similar in appearance and taste as blueberries, ripen in the fall and are a favorite of birds.   The fruits on 'Autumn Brilliance' are more abundance and slightly larger than the straight species'.
 
     Fun Fact: Serviceberry comes from "Sarvisberry," because of the fruits' resemblance to the fruits of the Sarvis Tree or European Mountain Ash (W. Cullina, Native Trees, Shrubs & Vines)
 
     For more information on Serviceberries, read our blog here.