General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 12-19 feet
Plant Spread: 15-20 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Vegetable
Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Chip budding or grafting on clonal rootstock for fruiting clonal
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Birds
Bumblebees
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Pie Cherry
  • Sour Cherry
  • Tart Cherry
  • Dwarf Cherry

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2021-04-28
Photo by tveguy3
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2015-06-23
Good year for cherries!
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: Spring 2007
Young Montmorency cherry tree
Location: Bernal ills, NM
Date: 6-13-15
This was growing in red sand clay mix

Date: 2013-06-12
Credit USDA

Date: 2007-08-17
Credit USDA
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Jul 8, 2017 10:34 AM concerning plant:
    This is a very prolific pie cherry, heavy enough harvest to abundantly share with the robins, jays, and other fruit eating birds. The fruit is quite juicy and will run down your arms so be prepared for a messy harvest. The cherries are edible out of hand if you like a tart fruit, or make a delicious pie. I've only done jam a few times, found it more trouble to de-pit and skin them for the yield. We lost a good portion of the main branches to a heavy snowfall one winter, but were pleased to see it rejuvenate nicely after a couple seasons. Very forgiving tree.
Plant Events from our members
dnrevel On April 27, 2023 Bloomed
First blooms on this growing young tree!
dnrevel On June 15, 2021 Transplanted
Planted in full sun, front yard.
dnrevel On June 1, 2021 Seeds sown
Bare root small tree soaked overnight and planted the next day in a 10 inch pot.
dnrevel On May 28, 2021 Obtained plant
Arbor Foundation ORDER DATE 2/25/2021
SHIPPING DATE 5/21/2021
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Roots are showing by dave Jan 26, 2012 11:06 AM 3

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