Evans Cherry vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Evans Cherry vs Flowering Raspberry

Prunus cerasus Evans

Rubus odoratus

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

Evans Cherry
Flowering Raspberry

Evans Cherry is an Alberta-developed cold hardy tree that has been thriving in the prairies for over 50 years. This highly productive self-pollinating tree requires little maintenance. The fruit is good for cooking or fresh eating when fully ripe. Evans Cherry is an attractive tree, with white blossoms in spring and reddish-orange fruit that ripens to a bright red.

Cherry trees do not like "wet feet" and are not tolerant of poor draining soil. So, select your planting site carefully.

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Evans Cherry Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Lowest Price: $8.99 - SAVE UP TO 36%
Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright orange
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: white
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high




Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry