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'Van' Cherry Tree

Pick versatile Van for eating or cooking

The Highlights

    • A very popular dessert cherry with a firm flesh and sweet flavour
    • If you looked up the colour 'cherry red', you'd find a picture of 'Van'!
    • Resistant to cracking
    • Easy to grow for bumper crops
    • Not just delicious to eat fresh, 'Van' is also great for cooking, jams and liqueurs
    • Mid season - harvest in July and early August
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

'Van' Cherry Tree

Pick versatile Van for eating or cooking
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The Highlights

    • A very popular dessert cherry with a firm flesh and sweet flavour
    • If you looked up the colour 'cherry red', you'd find a picture of 'Van'!
    • Resistant to cracking
    • Easy to grow for bumper crops
    • Not just delicious to eat fresh, 'Van' is also great for cooking, jams and liqueurs
    • Mid season - harvest in July and early August
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

Bare Root Tree
9L Eco Pot
This tree is supplied in a 9L Poly-Pot, which is approx D15 x H30cm. Poly-Pots use 70% less plastic then traditional pots and can be recycled easily. A 9L pot allows ample space for good root development and can support a good size tree.

Height on arrival:

120-150cm incl. roots
120-150cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

4m

Eventual spread:

4m
4m

Tasting notes:

Sweet and firm to the bite
Exceptionally sweet fresh or cooked
Sweet and firm to the bite
Exceptionally sweet fresh or cooked

Time to first crop:

2 years
You may see your first cherries 2 years after planting, but you should not expect substantial crops until the 4/5th year.

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK. The one thing to watch out for is blossoms being affected by frost. If there is frost forecast when your tree is in blossom, you should protect it overnight with horticultural fleece.
Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK. The one thing to watch out for is blossoms being affected by frost. If there is frost forecast when your tree is in blossom, you should protect it overnight with horticultural fleece.

Self fertile:

Not self fertile
Not self fertile

Pollination group:

Pollination Group 3
Requires pollination by another cherry tree within a mile's radius. They need to flower at the same time. Cherries in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won't be a suitable pollination partner within a mile
Pollination Group 3
Requires pollination by another cherry tree within a mile's radius. They need to flower at the same time. Cherries in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won't be a suitable pollination partner within a mile

Uses:

Eating, cooking, jams, liqueurs
Eating, cooking, jams, liqueurs

Rootstock:

Colt
Cherry tree varieties are usually grown by grafting them to rootstocks. This has benefits for pest resistance, genetics and the efficiency of propagation. Importantly, it also limits the height of a tree to a more manageable, specific height. Colt cherry trees tend to only reach 4m tall, perfect for smaller spaces or those afraid of stepladders. They can also be trained to a smaller size by pruning or restricting the roots, by keeping in a smaller pot.

Spacing:

4m

Care Guide

Good pest and disease resistance

Shows good resistance to the main pest and diseases for cherries including cracking. You may see some damage from 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. Reduce the risk of bacterial canker by pruning to improve airflow and removed rotting organic matter nearby.MORE

Full sun

Plant where the tree will receive around 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.

Any soil 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.

Some structural pruning required

Some pruning should be done each winter to ensure that your cherry tree maintains a productive shape. This can improve yields and prevent disease.

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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