Stella Cherry
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 20 feet |
|---|---|
| Spread | 15 feet |
A highly desirable fruit tree with many attributes; small and compact, ideal for home landscapes and backyard orchards, produces sweet and juicy deep purple cherries in late summer (be prepared to fight the birds!), with showy white flowers in spring
Additional Information
| Colour | white |
|---|---|
| Effect | Clothed |
| Fragrance | High |
| Hold | Dangling |
| Period | in early spring |
| Value | High |
| Inflorescence | Cluster |
|---|---|
| Evergreen Deciduous | Deciduous |
| Shape | Pointy |
| Summer Colour | dark green |
| Fall Colour | yellow |
| Colour | dark red |
|---|---|
| Texture | smooth |
| Value | Medium |
| Component | Fruit |
|---|---|
| Flesh Colour | Crimson |
| Harvest Period | In mid summer |
| Modifier | Pit |
| Shape | Round |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Firm |
| Use | Baking, Cooking, Preserves, Raw |
| Ornamental Integration | Orchard |
| Colour | dark red |
|---|---|
| Type | Drupe |
| Ornamental Period | from mid to late summer |
| Ornamental Value | High |
| Pollinator | Self |
| Hardiness Zone | 6a |
|---|---|
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Plant Form | round |
| Plant Origin | import |
| Wildlife Attraction | birds |
| Landscape Application | Accent, Orchard |
| Maintenance | medium |
| Pollution Tolerance | high |
| Growth Rate | medium |
| Branching | decurrent |
| Canopy | low |
| Cultivar | Stella |
| Family | Cherry |
| Genus | Prunus |
| Other Species Names | Sweet Cherry, Mazzard Cherry |
| Species | avium |
| Lifespan | 50 |
| Pruning | late winter pruning |
| Texture | medium |
