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A medium sized tree with simple serrated, glossy, deciduous leaves up to 15cm long. About 40 white flowers are produced on each raceme in the spring. These give rise to fruit which turns from green to red and then black. Mature Black cherry is easily recognised by its dark grey or black bark that can easily be broken off, and the almond smell coming from young twigs if the bark has been scraped off. Good for birds which eat the fruit, although both the stones and foliage(especially when wilted) is poisonous to livestock.
Prunus serotina
Common name: Black / Choke / Rum Cherry.
Native: Eastern North America.
Provenance: Hungary
Size and spread (10 years): 8m
Treatment required: Deeply dormant requires 29 weeks stratification treatment.
Seeds / kg: c.16,800 99% viable
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: Most well drained soils.
Planting instructions: Not in shade
Mature height: 25m
pic courtesy of Katrin Schneider, korina.info – CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
| Weight | 5.00 g |
|---|---|
| Size | Seed Pack (approx 60 seeds) |
| Genus | Prunus |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Flowering Month | May |
| Colour | white |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | tree |
| Evergreen | deciduous |
| Interest | autumn foliage, flowers |
| Wildlife | yes |
| Requires | part shade, sun |
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