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Patio Cherry Tree

Small in stature, big on impact

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees

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The highlights

  • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
  • Includes disease-resistant varieties
  • Eat from the tree, bake in pies and cobblers
  • Flavourful cherries, fantastic flowers

Description

  • With their delicious sweet fruits, attractive foliage and incredible flowers, cherry trees are showstoppers in the truest sense of the word. And now, you can grow one on your patio! Kept to just 1.5m in height, patio cherry trees make an adorable addition to any small outdoor space (including balconies)
  • ‘Stella’ is an RHS award-winning variety that yields large cherries with exceptional flavour, as well as displaying good disease resistance
  • ‘Sunburst’ reliably produces large quantities of sweet cherries that are perfect both for eating fresh, as well as using in desserts and baking
  • ‘Summer Sun’ is another Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner, growing well in cooler climes and producing impressive crops of uniform fruit in even poorer summers
  • ‘Kordia’ boasts sizable, crack-resistant black cherries with a phenomenal taste and rich flavour profile
  • Our growers ensure your patio tree has a strong, developed root system and thick main stem before being sent to you. It's been grown on a dwarfing rootstock and pruned to a compact size during its time at the nursery. Plant your tree in a small pot to help stunt growth and prune yearly to help keep the desired shape and size

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted tree
Patio tree in a 4.5L pot
4.5L Pot
4.5L Pot
4.5L Pot
Bare Root

Height on arrival:

60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm

Eventual height:

1-1.5m

Eventual spread:

0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.

Time to first crop:

2 years
You may see your first cherries a couple of years after planting, but you shouldn't expect substantial crops until another year or two beyond that.

Flower colour:

White
Typically white blossoms appear in spring
White
Typically white blossoms appear in spring
White
Typically white blossoms appear in spring
White
Typically white blossoms appear in spring
White
Typically white blossoms appear in spring

Habit:

Upright
A diminutive tree with an upright central trunk and contained crown of foliage.
Upright
A diminutive tree with an upright central trunk and contained crown of foliage.
Upright
A diminutive tree with an upright central trunk and contained crown of foliage.
Upright
A diminutive tree with an upright central trunk and contained crown of foliage.
Upright
A diminutive tree with an upright central trunk and contained crown of foliage.

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H6 - This patio cherry tree will withstand temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio cherry tree will withstand temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio cherry tree will withstand temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio cherry tree will withstand temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio cherry tree will withstand temperatures down to around -20°C.

Self fertile:

Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent

Pollination group:

Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety

Uses:

Eating fresh, jam-making and baking
Eating fresh, jam-making and baking
Eating fresh, jam-making and baking
Eating fresh, jam-making and baking
Eating fresh, jam-making and baking

Rootstock:

Colt rootstock
Cherry trees grafted onto a Colt rootstock typically grow to between 4 and 5 metres in height. However, in the case of patio trees like this one, they can be kept to a much shorter ultimate height. View our article, What is a Rootstock?, for more information on the topic.
Colt rootstock
Cherry trees grafted onto a Colt rootstock typically grow to between 4 and 5 metres in height. However, in the case of patio trees like this one, they can be kept to a much shorter ultimate height. View our article, What is a Rootstock?, for more information on the topic.
Colt rootstock
Cherry trees grafted onto a Colt rootstock typically grow to between 4 and 5 metres in height. However, in the case of patio trees like this one, they can be kept to a much shorter ultimate height. View our article, What is a Rootstock?, for more information on the topic.
Colt rootstock
Cherry trees grafted onto a Colt rootstock typically grow to between 4 and 5 metres in height. However, in the case of patio trees like this one, they can be kept to a much shorter ultimate height. View our article, What is a Rootstock?, for more information on the topic.
Colt rootstock
Cherry trees grafted onto a Colt rootstock typically grow to between 4 and 5 metres in height. However, in the case of patio trees like this one, they can be kept to a much shorter ultimate height. View our article, What is a Rootstock?, for more information on the topic.

Spacing:

1.5m
Plant 1.5m apart to allow for spreading.

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Certain varieties like 'Stella' and 'Sunburst' display good resistance to cracking and canker, respectively. Your patio cherry tree might be affected by aphids and caterpillars - these can be washed off with soapy water.

Full sun

Your patio cherry tree will benefit from being positioned in full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day).

Any moist, well-drained compost

Patio cherry trees grow well in loam-based compost like John Innes No.3.

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South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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