Melinda Myers

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