Valentine Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Valentine Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry

Prunus maackii Jefdike

Prunus x kerrasis Valentine

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Klondike Amur Cherry
Valentine Cherry

The Klondike Amur Cherry is an attractive cultivar which features showy, peeling gold bark and textured oval leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. It blooms with fragrant white flowers in mid spring, and produces tiny, tart black berries through the summer. The Klondike Amur Cherry was bred to have improved stem strength and stronger branching.

This tree makes a great addition to urban gardens and commercial planting, and is immune to black knot.

Valentine Cherry is a hardy deciduous shrub and hybrid variety of the University of Saskatchewan Sour Cherry released in the Romance Series of dwarf sour cherries in 2004. This medium-sized self-pollinator produces tart, bright red fruits in large clusters in late summer that are perfect for jams, pies and jellies. Valentine Cherry is ideal as a landscape or orchard tree.

Klondike Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Valentine Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 2.5 m (8 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: yellow
Fall colour: orange
Berries: tiny, black clusters
Berries: large, red
Fruit size: 4.5g
Flavor: tart
Flavor: tart
Harvest: July
Harvest: early to mid August
Flowers: white, fragrant
Flowers: white
Bark: golden
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: low