Prunus avium
$174.99
Prunus avium is a spreading deciduous cherry with fragrant white spring flowers, edible red-purple summer drupes, and colorful autumn foliage.
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Description
Prunus avium is a spreading deciduous tree with dark-green serrated leaves, fragrant white spring flowers, and edible red to purple-red summer drupes.
Grow it in sun or light partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Remove stones before processing fruit because crushed pits and seeds contain cyanogenic compounds.
Additional information
| Height | 455 cm – 915 cm |
|---|---|
| Spread | 455 cm – 915 cm |
| Flowering months | April |
| Synonyms | Cerasus avium, Druparia avium, Prunus avium Läti madalkirss, Prunus avium Molodjožnaja, Prunus cerasus var. avium |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Propagation | Propagate by chip budding or grafting; softwood cuttings in early summer with bottom heat may also succeed. |
| Pests | May be susceptible to cherry blackfly, pear and cherry slugworm, winter moth caterpillars, spotted wing drosophila, fruit flies, sawflies, scale, birds, and squirrels. |
| Diseases | May be susceptible to peach leaf curl, silver leaf, bacterial canker, blossom wilt, honey fungus, leaf spot, brown rot, black knot, crown gall, powdery mildew, root rot, scab, and shot-hole fungus. |
| Pruning | Train fan-trained trees in spring and prune established trees during summer harvest. |
| Hazardous information | The flesh is edible, but leaves, flowers, green and ripe fruit, stalks, and especially crushed stones or seeds contain cyanogenic compounds; remove pits before processing. |
| Hazardous | yes |
| Variegated | no |
| Watering instructions | Keep moisture-retentive soil evenly moist but never waterlogged. |
| Sunlight instructions | Grow in full sun or light partial shade with open air circulation. |
| Color flower spring | White |
| Aspect | East, South, West, North |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Habit | Bushy, Columnar upright |
| Moisture | Moist but Well Drained, Well Drained Soil |
| Ph | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Position | Full sun, Partial shade |
| Scent | Fragrant |
| Shape | Cone, Spreading |
| Suggest planting location | Pollinator Garden, Edible fruit plants, Cottage and informal gardens, Wildlife friendly gardens, Wildflower meadows |
| Type | Tree |
| Use for | Bird-Friendly, Pollinator-Friendly, Edible |
| Years to max height | 20 |
| Drought resistance | no |
| Soil | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
| Local names | Wild Cherry, Sweet Cherry, Gean, Vogel-Kirsche, Wild cherry, Zoete kers |
| Blomidon Item No | MO23014019, PRUCHVA0007G |