
Tart Cherry
- Botanical Name
- Prunus
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 6
- Height
- 8 to 20 feet
- Width
- 8 to 20 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: white
- Fruit
- Red drupe
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Self fruitful so only need one tree for fruit, though bee activity will increase production
- Problems
- Winter kill, spring frost damage, birds, leaf spot, brown rot, plum curculio, aphids, fruit cracking
- Varieties
- Meteor and North Star developed by the University of MN are more cold hardy
- Bush cherries developed in Saskatchewan are very hardy
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