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Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier) Plant

UnionworkerukUnionworkeruk Posts: 187
in Fruit & veg
Bought in 4 ltr pot and advice says will grow to 2 - 2.5 m. What size pot should I plant it in as I doubt it will appreciate replanting as it gets bigger  ?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Well, this is ours on an evening last May


     

     
    and again today ... so I’d say the biggest container you can get ... or even bigger 😉 


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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Agree, the only pot big enough is your garden, although you can keep it trimmed as a shrub though you might get a few years out of it in a pot 
  • UnionworkerukUnionworkeruk Posts: 187
    So Sutton ad for Saskatoon Amalanchier with a maximum height of 2 - 2.5m was to say the least misleading! I only want something that high to fill a space not take over
    So if I put in a container say 30cm x 30 (12"x12") or larger if advised, would it still fruit but just need pruning to the 2-3 metres height I want.? 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    That container you mention, would be far too small.
    2-3 metres would be right for some Amelanchiers, but the pot would still be too small.
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  • UnionworkerukUnionworkeruk Posts: 187
    punkdoc said:
    That container you mention, would be far too small.
    2-3 metres would be right for some Amelanchiers, but the pot would still be too small.
    For a two metre high bush ? 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    As a general rule of thumb, the roots want to spread out about as wide as the top growth. Any less (so basically any container) for a largeish shrub is a compromise requiring lots of watering and also feeding, and 12" diameter is definitely too small for more than the first growing season when the plant is a baby.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    12” x 12”? That’s the size I use for my smaller tomato plants 🍅 

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I have 12" for things like small shrubby salvias and lavenders. Could do with bigger but they prefer drier conditions than many things and I need to be able to move them around easily. And I only get maybe 3 or 4 years tops out of them before I replace with younger ones from cuttings.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Am I the only person who had never heard the name Saskatoon Berry until today?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    It has a lot of names ... apparently, @Hostafan1

    "...Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, chuckley pear, or western juneberry, is a shrub with edible berry-like fruit, native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north-central United States. Wikipedia

    This site     https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Amelanchier+alnifolia suggests it grows to 4m x 3m which is more like my experience of what I would call 'a small tree' rather than a shrub. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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