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FruitsHardyPerennial (long-lived)
Cherry
Cherry is a stone fruit tree grown for sweet or sour fruits, often trained into compact forms for easier netting and picking. It is highly rewarding in a warm sheltered position, where blossom, foliage and fruit all add ornamental as well as edible value.
Basic information
Category
Fruits
Lifecycle
Perennial (long-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
2 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Plant spacing
300 cm
Row spacing
400 cm
Height
400 cm
Spread
300 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
Timings based on average frost dates in the UK. Sign up to set your frost dates.
Care tips
Protect ripening cherries from birds before colour develops, because they can strip a crop very quickly. Prune only in summer to reduce disease risk, avoid water stress while young trees establish, and choose sheltered sites to protect blossom and fruit set.
Common pests
Birds, aphids, bacterial canker, silver leaf.
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.