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Cordon Cherry Tree

Great yields in half the space

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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Cordon Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Cordon Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Cordon Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
Cordon Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees

£35

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The highlights

  • Expertly grown in a columnar shape
  • Includes both sweet and sour cherries
  • Use in crumbles, cobblers and conserves
  • Flavour-packed fruit, fab flowers

Description

  • Industrial-scale orchards are hardly a realistic ambition for most gardeners, but with cordon fruit trees you can still get good yields of your favourite fruit from just a limited space. Cordon cherries comprise a columnar main trunk with short, lateral fruit-bearing spurs, resulting in a much narrower fruit tree than normal
  • ‘Stella’ deservedly boasts the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit and produces brilliant sweet cherries that are perfect for eating fresh
  • ‘Sunburst’ becomes wreathed in glorious white blossoms in the springtime, with the flowers preceding the appearance of sizable dessert cherries in the heart of summer
  • ‘Morello’ is a fantastic self-fertile variety, yielding brilliantly sour cherries that make for excellent syrups, jams and pies
  • Our growers have painstakingly established the proper cordon shape for your cherry tree, so all that’s left for you to do is give your tree an annual prune. The main thrust of the pruning ought to be carried out in summer, with the odd winter prune being helpful as the tree gets older. Here are our top pruning tips:
    1. Towards the latter part of August, cut back shoots that are over 20 centimetres long, trimming them down to a single leaf beyond the cluster of leaves at the base of the current year’s growth (often called the basal cluster)
    2. If you find that your cordon’s spurs are becoming overly congested or crowded, which can happen from time to time with more mature trees – then thin out some of the less productive, older spurs (this is the winter part of the pruning process)

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted tree
Cordon tree in a 9L pot
Bare Root
Bare Root
Bare Root

Height on arrival:

120-150cm
120-150cm
120-150cm
120-150cm

Eventual height:

1.5-2m

Eventual spread:

0.5m
Spreads approximately 0.5m.
0.5m
Spreads approximately 0.5m.
0.5m
Spreads approximately 0.5m.
0.5m
Spreads approximately 0.5m.

Time to first crop:

2 years
Some cherries might appear on your cordon tree within the first couple of years after planting, though it will probably take a little longer to see more sizable yields.

Flower colour:

White
Beautiful white blossoms appear in spring
White
Beautiful white blossoms appear in spring
White
Beautiful white blossoms appear in spring
White
Beautiful white blossoms appear in spring

Habit:

Cordon (columnar)
Trees trained in a cordon shape comprise of a single vertical trunk from which short, fruit-bearing spurs branch off horizontally.
Cordon (columnar)
Trees trained in a cordon shape comprise of a single vertical trunk from which short, fruit-bearing spurs branch off horizontally.
Cordon (columnar)
Trees trained in a cordon shape comprise of a single vertical trunk from which short, fruit-bearing spurs branch off horizontally.
Cordon (columnar)
Trees trained in a cordon shape comprise of a single vertical trunk from which short, fruit-bearing spurs branch off horizontally.

Hardiness:

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

Self fertile:

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

Uses:

Eating fresh, cooking, jams and desserts
Eating fresh, cooking, jams and desserts
Eating fresh, cooking, jams and desserts
Eating fresh, cooking, jams and desserts

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.

Spacing:

60cm
Plant 60cm apart to allow for spreading.

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Certain cherry varieties like 'Stella' and 'Sunburst' display good resistance to problems like cracking and canker. However, cordon cherry trees are similar to other fruit trees in that they can be affected by aphids and caterpillars. You can easily wash these off with soapy water, however.

Full sun

Cordon cherry trees are most productive, from a fruiting perspective, when planted in full sunshine (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day).

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Cherry trees like fertile soil that drains well, and preferably soil that's slightly acidic and deep enough to allow the root system to establish better.

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John’s family have 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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