The Main Plant entry for Sweet Cherries (Prunus avium)

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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
Leaves: Deciduous
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
Uses: Flowering Tree
Medicinal Herb
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: seeds
Pollinators: Bees

Image
Common names
  • Cherry
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Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2021
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-04-13

Photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-07-23

credit: MPF
Location: Nature reserve, Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2015-12-28

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-03-24
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-12

Date: 2021-05-01

Date: 2021-05-01
Massive tree
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-06
With Honeybee!
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-06
With Honeybee!
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-16
Location: Nature reserve, Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2015-12-28
Location: Nature reserve, Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2016-04-18
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-04-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-09-15
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-06
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-06
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Feb 8, 2012 2:51 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees. Pollen color is light brown.
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