Plant Details
Latin: Prunus cerasus ‘Sweet Thing’
Hardiness Zone: 4 – 7
Height: 5′ – 6′
Spread: 4′ – 8′
Suckering: High
Bloom Time: Spring (TBD)
Ripens: Summer (TBD)
Flower Colour: White
Fruit Colour: Red
Foliage Colour: Green
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Soil Requirements:
Attributes:
- Edible Fruits
- Easy to pick fruits
- Ornamental Flowers
- Shrub/hedge forming (Not tree)
- Extremely cold hardy
Special Considerations: Dwarf Sour Cherries should be grown as shrubs, not trees. Once ripe, fruit can be harvested by shaking the bush or by hand. The skins of the fruit tear when harvested from the stem and must be processed relatively quickly to avoid loss. Fruit is also susceptible to Cherry Fruit Fly (maggots) however affected fruit floats on water and can be easily screened out after harvest.
Sour Cherry Planting & Pruning
Dwarf sour cherries (DSC) are bushes, not trees! They can be easily maintained as individual shrubs or as a hedgerow planting. For individual plants, plant at least 5′ apart in the landscape. For hedgerow plantings, 3′-5′ between plants and 12′-18′ between rows. Planting at least 1-3″ deeper than the pot is recommended to increase root development. Young plants may be planted horizontally below the surface to induce more suckering.
The majority of pruning should occur in early spring before the buds break dormancy, usually March-April. Damaged or diseased wood can be removed at any time during the season. It is important to never remove more than 25% of the total wood during a single season as it will reduce flowering and yields. These cherries should be regeneratively pruned by removing some of the oldest shoots to the ground every year to allow new shoots to take their place.
DSC buds are typically either vegetative (shoots) or reproductive (flowers/fruits), but never both. Fruit spurs generally live for a couple of seasons and die. After a couple of seasons of fruiting, buds will become clustered towards the ends of the branches leaving most of the branch bare/naked of leaves. Heading back pruning does not work well with these DSC since it may remove most of the buds located near the ends of the branches. It is best to prune back the branch or the entire shoot to allow new growth to regenerate in its place.
Spring Plant Pre-Order Info
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DETAILS:
We strongly recommend ordering before April to secure your order. Orders are dependent on available inventory! Some stock may have limited available quantities.
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PICKUP:
All spring plant pre-orders, that do not qualify for mail order shipping or home delivery, must be picked up May from the farm in Krestova. Please click here to see the dates and times. We will send an email confirming the available times for pickup.
FREE DELIVERY:
Free Delivery on orders over $500, within 30 minutes from Krestova! Please contact us to arrange a delivery date after placing your order.
We do not offer home delivery on orders less than $500.
SHIPPING:
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CANCELATIONS/REFUNDS:
Before March 31st: Orders may be cancelled and refunded minus a service fee (10% of total order value) to cover administrative and payment processing fees.
After March 31st: Orders may be cancelled and refunded up to 50% of total order value.
After May 1st: Orders may be cancelled without refund.
*Due to the nature of working with live plant materials, full refunds (100%) will be offered due to inventory shortages.
Pickup & Delivery
PICKUP:
All spring plant pre-orders, that do not qualify for mail order shipping or home delivery, must be picked up May from the farm in Krestova. Please click here to see the dates and times. We will send an email confirming the available times for pickup.
FREE DELIVERY:
Free Delivery on orders over $500, within 30 minutes from Krestova! Please contact us to arrange a delivery date after placing your order.
We do not offer home delivery on orders less than $500.
For more information please read the Spring Plant Order Policy.
Shipping Policy
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