General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 50-100 feet
Plant Spread: 20 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Medicinal Herb
Useful for timber production
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: seeds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Sweet Cherry
  • Cherry

Photo Gallery
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2015-10-20
Fall color
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2008, late winter or early spring
Snow on the buds
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2015-06-23
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2010-04-03
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Jul 19, 2014 8:33 PM concerning plant:
    Very nice sweet cherry, similar to a Bing, with dark red fruit. Having a son named Sam, this was a slam-dunk for me when choosing a sweet cherry tree. Bing, Lambert, Lapins and Royal Ann are good pollinators. Mine is pollinated by a Montmorency sour cherry and does quite well.

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