The Saskatoon berry ‘Thiessen’ (Amelanchier alnifolia) adapts to various soils, even acidic ones, preferring fresh or moist but always well-drained soils, in the sun, in the shade of a wooded area, or a nourishing forest. Known for its decorative virtues in all seasons with one of the first spring blooms, new bronze leaves in spring then green-blue, summer fruits that pass the entire color palette from pink to purple, and yellow autumn leaves,

The Saskatoon berry ‘Thiessen’, with large sweet fruits is possibly the tastiest of the alnifolia band. A real pleasure to eat fresh, its very sweet fruits attract birds. Cooking in jam, pie or other dessert, reveals a taste of almond paste. Resists diseases and floods well. Partially self-fertile. Native.