'Stella' Cherry Tree
A familiar old favourite
Grown by Mike
Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery
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'Stella' Cherry Tree
- Looking for sweet, dark-red, aromatic eating cherries? Look no further. 'Stella' is a simply stellar fruiting cherry variety, boasting excellent flavour and texture.
- Heavy-yielding and with a lengthy cropping season lasting several weeks, this variety grows well in British gardens and holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
- Versatile in nature and responding well to pruning, 'Stella' is an ideal tree for fan or espalier training. It's also self-fertile, producing good crops without a partner tree.
- A late harvest variety, your cherries will be ready to pick from the tree from July through to August. Eat them fresh, bake them into a cherry and almond cake or use them to press your own cherry juice!
- Colt Rootstock: Max size H4m x W4m
- Cordon Trained: Max size H2m x W1m
- Dwarf: Max size H1.5m x W1m
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
- Our mature trees are grown in Air-Pots®, the only type of pot to completely eliminate root circling. A unique design stimulates air pruning for a mass of healthy fibrous roots, which results in a healthy tree that will establish quickly in your garden. With each Air-Pot® made to last up to 20 years, we reuse them on the nursery and wrap your mature tree in hessian for delivery - but if you’d rather keep your tree potted, simply add an Air-Pot® to your basket along with your tree.
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Will this grow in my garden?
Can I grow this in a pot?
Yes, the 'Stella' cherry tree is ideal for a pot of 50 to 60 centimetres, provided it is grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock like Gisela 5.
How big does it get?
The Stella Cherry Tree typically reaches a mature height of 3 to 4.5 metres and a spread of 3 to 4 metres, though this can be restricted by using dwarfing rootstocks.
How much sunlight does this need?
For optimal growth and fruit production, planting Stella Cherry in a location that receives full sunlight, ideally at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sun per day, is essential. It thrives in a warm, sunny position with temperatures between 15 and 25 degrees Celsius.
What kind of soil does this plant prefer?
The 'Stella' cherry tree thrives in deep, fertile, and well-drained sandy loam soil.
How much watering does this plant need?
The 'Stella' Cherry Tree requires consistent watering of 3 to 5 centimetres weekly to produce its popular, sweet dark red cherries.
Will this plant need pruning?
Yes, the 'Stella' Cherry Tree will need pruning. Prune in early to mid-summer to avoid silver leaf disease, trimming back new growth by 10 to 15 centimetres.
How hardy is this plant?
The 'Stella' cherry tree is fully hardy in all of the UK, holding an RHS hardiness rating of H6, which means it can withstand temperatures from -15°C to -20°C.
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Meet Mike
Tree-growing skills honed right across the globe
Having started out in Australia, studied in Northern Ireland and volunteered at an organic farm in Sweden, it’s fair to say Mike’s done his fair share of travel on his horticultural journey, so far! Having happily laid down roots here at Roots, Mike is the don behind our tree-growing operation, imparting each and every one of his globally-honed skills to benefit your garden. Grown in our purpose-built nursery, in the ideal climatic conditions of the fertile Vale of Evesham, we’re proud to supply only the happiest, healthiest and hardiest trees.
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