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Bird Cherry Sweetheart in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Prunus Padus 'Sweetheart'

 

Bird Cherry 'Sweetheart'

Prunus is a genus of flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, including cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and almonds. They can be grown as trees, or trained as fans or espaliers against walls or fences. Some are self-fertile, and will bear fruit without a pollinating partner. Some varieties are grown just for their flowers, ('flowering', or 'ornamental' cherries), and others for their fruit. 'Sweetheart' Bird Cherry is an upright tree that bears long clusters of pink flowers in Spring, which are followed by small black berries. The foliage turns red-purple in Autumn.

 
plant Features
  • Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Bird Cherry Sweetheart is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Bird Cherry 'Sweetheart'

Latin name

Prunus Padus 'Sweetheart'

type

Deciduous trees or shrubs

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Bird Cherry Sweetheart is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Bird Cherry Sweetheart likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Bird Cherry Sweetheart is 5.00meters x 8.00meters 5.00 M 8.00 M

Prunus Padus 'Sweetheart'

Prunus is a genus of flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, including cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and almonds. They can be grown as trees, or trained as fans or espaliers against walls or fences. Some are self-fertile, and will bear fruit without a pollinating partner. Some varieties are grown just for their flowers, ('flowering', or 'ornamental' cherries), and others for their fruit. 'Sweetheart' Bird Cherry is an upright tree that bears long clusters of pink flowers in Spring, which are followed by small black berries. The foliage turns red-purple in Autumn.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Cherries prefer deep, fertile and well-drained soil with pH 6.5-6.7. They dislike shallow, sandy or badly drained soils. Acid cherries tolerate some shade and are suitable as fan-trained trees against north-facing walls or fences, or as open centred bush trees. Best planted in full sunlight.

 
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