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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
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: 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
Also sold as:
  • ‘Black Tartarian’

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Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Home
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Fairfax, VA

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Plant Events from our members
Retro67 On May 12, 2024 Transplanted
This one budded early in the greenhouse, I brought it inside the house to protect from frost, The new growth wilted. I planted it today close to the house. Fertilized with 10-30-20.
Retro67 On March 17, 2024 Plant emerged
Green buds
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