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cherry 'Summer Sun'
cherry 'Summer Sun'

cherry 'Summer Sun'

sweet cherry (syn. Prunus avium Summer Sun)

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'Summer Sun' is a great cherry for colder areas of the UK with large crops of tasty dark red fruits...

bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m
£34.99
available to order from autumn 2024
bare root | Colt root stock | ½ standard
£89.99
In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
11.5 litre pot | G5 root stock | 1.2m
£179.99
In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1.2m
£49.99
available to order from late spring
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Plant description

'Summer Sun' is a great cherry for colder areas of the UK with large crops of tasty dark red fruits in July that have an excellent firmness when ripe. A holder of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), 'Summer Sun' is noted for its flavour, reliability, and compact habit. Partially self-fertile, this cherry will produce a bigger crop if planted near (and therefore cross-pollinated by) ‘Stella’, ‘Van’ or ‘Lapins’ - and it is itself a very good pollinator of other cherries.

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Fast-growing

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for cherry Summer Sun:

When planting your cherry tree, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out and staked as soon as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting, or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up. Protect from cold, drying winds. Apply a balanced fertiliser in early spring to support growth and fruiting. Lightly prune in summer to reduce the risk of silver leaf and bacterial canker, to retain an open ‘goblet’ shape and remove any damaged, diseased or broken branches.

Please note:

This tree is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

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