Mayday Cherry vs Garrington Chokecherry - TreeTime.ca

Mayday Cherry vs Garrington Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana Garrington

Prunus padus

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

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Mayday Cherry

Garrington Chokecherry is a self-fertile and rare chokecherry that is commonly used for commercial orchards. This highly prized selection is known for its heavy yields of large, reddish-black fruit that are easily harvested with an over row harvester.

Garrington Chokecherry is also commonly used for hedges and edible landscaping. This shrubs' chokecherries are commonly used in baking, preserves, wine, and jams or jellies.

Mayday Cherry is a small deciduous tree known for its early blooming and fragrant white flowers.

A favourite specimen tree on prairie homesteads, Mayday Cherry produces small black berries that are inedible to people but highly desirable to birds.

Note: This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using Mayday Cherry seeds at SeedTime.ca.

Garrington Chokecherry Quick Facts

Mayday Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2b
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: large, tart, reddish-black
Berries: small black berries
Flowers: clusters of white flowers
Flowers: early blooming, white
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low




Toxicity: seeds and leaves are toxic if ingested
Other Names: common bird cherry, european bird cherry