Black Cherry
- Botanical Name
- Prunus serotina
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 50 to 60 feet
- Width
- 25 to 30 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: white, 4 to 6 inch pendulous racemes
- Fruit
- Red to black drupe
- Fall Color
- Yellow to red
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Prefers deep moist, fertile
- Planting & Care
- Drought and salt tolerant
- Problems
- Can be weedy in the landscape, black knot
- Varieties
- Spring Sparkle - dense, weeping, good fall color
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