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Nanking Cherry for sale

Nanking Cherry

Nanking Cherry

Prunus tomentosa

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Nanking Cherry is a small deciduous shrub known for its attractive white blossoms and edible fruit. Its dark red berries are excellent for pies, jellies, and even fresh eating.

Nanking Cherry is highly regarded as a shade tolerant fruit. We often see it planted as a hedge on the north side of a house where few other plants will survive, let alone thrive.

Expect fruit mid to late July. The fruit can vary in sweetness and size considerably. We often hear that people prefer it to sour cherries. Perhaps this is because Nanking Cherry is more closely related to plums. In fact, it is sometimes used as a dwarfing rootstock for plums.

Nanking Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Flowers: white, early spring
Fruit: scarlet sweet but slightly tart cherries, 8-12 mm diameter
Berries: scarlet sweet but slightly tart cherries, 8-12 mm diameter
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Other Names: ando cherry, chinese bush cherry, chinese dwarf cherry, downy cherry, hansens bush cherry, korean cherry, manchu cherry, mountain cherry, shanghai cherry

Nanking Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Flowers: white, early spring
Fruit: scarlet sweet but slightly tart cherries, 8-12 mm diameter
Berries: scarlet sweet but slightly tart cherries, 8-12 mm diameter
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Other Names: ando cherry, chinese bush cherry, chinese dwarf cherry, downy cherry, hansens bush cherry, korean cherry, manchu cherry, mountain cherry, shanghai cherry

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