| Cherry | |
| Sweet Cherry |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 11 |
| Leaves: | Glaucous |
| Fruit: | Showy Pops open explosively when ripe |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Flowers: | Malodorous |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Flower Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Inflorescence Type: | Compound |
| Suitable Locations: | Bog gardening |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Water gardens Medicinal Herb |
| Edible Parts: | Sap |
| Eating Methods: | Tea Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous: sedes Fruit is poisonous Other |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Pollinators: | Beetles |
| Conservation status: | Extinct (EX) |
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