Sunburst Cherry Tree
The Highlights
- Have your (cherry) cake and eat it too - Sunburst is a sweet, rich black cherry that's not just for cooking but eating fresh too! In fact it was the original sweet black cherry. The OG.
- If you only have space for one cherry tree in your garden, we'd go for this one (don't tell the other trees)
- Mid season harvest - your cherries will be ripe and ready to pick around the second or third week of July
- Self fertile (Pollination Group 4) - Sunburst will produce good crops all by itself without pollination by another tree
- Ultra reliable - Sunburst won't let you down, run around or desert you. It'll also produce a good yield of cherries year on year
- Good disease resistance, and laughs in the face of pests
- Can be grown in a pot
- Colt Rootstock: Max size H4m x W4m
- Cordon Trained: Max size H2m x W1m
- Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™.
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
The Highlights
- Have your (cherry) cake and eat it too - Sunburst is a sweet, rich black cherry that's not just for cooking but eating fresh too! In fact it was the original sweet black cherry. The OG.
- If you only have space for one cherry tree in your garden, we'd go for this one (don't tell the other trees)
- Mid season harvest - your cherries will be ripe and ready to pick around the second or third week of July
- Self fertile (Pollination Group 4) - Sunburst will produce good crops all by itself without pollination by another tree
- Ultra reliable - Sunburst won't let you down, run around or desert you. It'll also produce a good yield of cherries year on year
- Good disease resistance, and laughs in the face of pests
- Can be grown in a pot
- Colt Rootstock: Max size H4m x W4m
- Cordon Trained: Max size H2m x W1m
- Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™.
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
Care Guide
Excellent Pest and Disease Resistance
Shows excellent resistance to the main pests and diseases for cherries including cracking. There may still be a need to keep an eye out for aphids and caterpillars, which can both be washed away with soapy water. Birds will eat the cherries if given the chance so take steps to prevent this like using a fruit net or bird scarers.MORE
Water in well when planting - read on for ongoing care
Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly going forward, only water in dry spells when needed. You should be able tell because the leaves will start to wilt and droop. If a container grown tree, it will need more watering until its roots are established. It should be watered every other day or so for the first few months. Then reduce to twice a week until autumn. In the second year it should have a established enough root system to support itself, just water when required as explained above for bare roots. When watering a tree it is important to give a good soaking. It is better to water heavy and less frequently than little and often as this encourages the roots to grow down into the ground.
Full sun
Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring/summer
Happy in most soils except sandy
Prefers fertile well draining soil, can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter. They like deep soil and they don't tolerate either sandy or badly draining soil.
No need to feed
Don't worry, this isn't a hungry plant so your food bills won't be going up!
For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page
Planting Calendar
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