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UK Native Wildlife-Friendly Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus Avium
Native Wild Cherry
Grown by John
South Downs National Park
The highlights
- Strong upright tree
- Can be pruned to fit average sized gardens
- White nectar-rich, single flowers
- Blossoms in April-May
Description
- Prunus avium or Wild Cherry is a deciduous native flowering tree with clouds of white spring blossom, autumn colour and serious bird appeal
- Bright green toothed leaves with clusters of flowers emerging from red buds in spring. Bitter red cherries appear in July and will quickly be stripped by grateful birds before the leaves take on their spectacular autumn reds and oranges
- A fully hardy tree which will reach a height of up to 20m if left to its own devices but can easily be maintained at a smaller size by pruning
- Grow in a sunny sheltered spot for the best flowers. Prunus avium tolerates all soil conditions
- A UK native species that's attractive to birds and insects, with great value to pollinators
- Makes a superb focal point in a lawn, woodland garden or at the back of a border
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
May be affected by silver leaf, bacterial canker and blossom wilt; aphids and caterpillars.
Water in well
Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. You should be able to 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 an 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 heavily and less frequently than little and often as this encourages the roots to grow down into the ground.
Full sun
Cherry blossom trees love full sun exposure or a sheltered location, allowing all the nutrients to create blossom in your garden. Choosing a spot away from strong winds will help all the tree's resources to go towards growing and maintaining the blossom.
Any well drained, fertile soil
Adapts to clay, loam and sandy soil, tolerates chalk
Feeding not required
This tree gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil. To give it a boost when newly planted, mix in some compost or well rotted manure and use an organic mulch around the tree to help with moisture retention and keep weeds down.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet John
110 years' expertise free with every tree
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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We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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What customers say about us
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Excellent delivery and service
Well, the delivery was spot on, the tree looks healthy enough for a sleeping plant, although at the moment most of the branches are on one side of the trunk which in itself is bent banana-style. quite wonky. One can only hope that it grows into a fruitful plant with some character?
30 January
Nice sized tree in good condition
Time will tell on the quality of the product (bare-root apple trees), but the stems that arrived seemed in great condition and very well packaged so no damage in transit. Looking forward to Spring!
Ange
Appears v healthy
Very happy with purchase
Ms Arlene Bocking
Lovely tree
So happy with my purchase of my Braeburn Hillwell apple tree from Roots Plants. It arrived promptly, well packaged and in a good, healthy condition. I soaked it for an hour before planting and it's doing well. Looking forward to our home grown apples, in time.
Ms Arlene Bocking
It has picked up now and is growing well
It arrived in a heat wave and looked a little bit sorry for itself when planted out but it has picked up now and is growing well.
David Osborne
Good service all round
Arrived on time as the seller said it would and the courier gave me a time slot to track my parcel. It came well packaged and was of good quality for this time of year. It looks a good and healthy tree and will be planted up in a few weeks after the ground has been prepared. I’m pleased with my purchase.
Helen