Wild Cherry

A native ornamental cherry tree producing masses of blossom in the spring, summer fruit and beautiful autumn leaf colours.

Prefer moist, sandy, loamy soils, neutral to strong alkaline.

Likes warmth, sun to slight shade, frost hardy but sensitive to wind.

Prunus avium – 15-20m.

White flowers in clusters appear in April.

Deciduous broadly elliptical dark green leaves. Beautiful yellow to orange-red autumn colouring.

Round, dark-red, edible cherries.

Cordate, sensitive to compaction and paving.

Brown, red with rings.