Cross-Pollinating Cherry Collection (3 Bare Root Trees) | Kordia, Summer Sun & Sweetheart

Name: Cross-Pollinating Cherry Collection (3 Bare Root Trees) | Kordia, Summer Sun & Sweetheart
Brand: Winters Hill
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Enjoy a full cherry season with early, mid, and late varieties, perfect for fresh eating and cooking.
Includes the RHS award-winning Kordia, a mid-season cherry with large, deep black, exquisitely flavoured fruit.
Features Summer Sun, a prize-winning dessert cherry that is exceptionally sweet with no bitterness.
Completes the season with Sweetheart, a classic candy-red cherry for late-season picking.
These naturally compact trees are ideal for garden borders or large patio containers.
All three trees cross-pollinate, ensuring a bountiful harvest from July through August.
Arrives expertly pruned to encourage a strong, bushy shape and prevent legginess.

Species: Cherry
Features: Disease resistant
Harvest Time: July, August
Hardiness: Fully hardy. All these trees are fully hardy in the UK climate and will not need winter protection.
Position: Full sun
Habit: Upright, bushy
Eventual Spread: Trees will typically reach a spread of 4m.
Soil Type: Prefers fertile well draining soil, can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter.
Pest & Disease Resistance: Generally pest and disease free.
Pollination: Not self fertile. These cherry trees need pollination partners and will cross pollinate each other to produce large crops.
Uses: Eating, cooking
Tasting Notes: Rich, deep and sweet cherry flavours

Planting Time: January, February, March, September, October, November, December
Spacing: Plant 4m apart to allow for spreading.
Watering: Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. It is better to water heavily and less frequently than little and often.
Feeding: No feeding needed.
Pruning: Some pruning should be done each winter to ensure that your fruit tree maintains a productive shape. This can improve yields and prevent disease.

Product Specifications

Supplied As: Bare Root. These trees are dormant between November and March. As bare roots are stored without any soil or pot, they will easily settle themselves when in contact with soil in your garden.
Height on Arrival: 130-150cm inc. roots
Rootstock: Colt rootstock (grows up to 4m)
Eventual Height: Trees in this collection reach a compact height of approx 4m.
Time to First Crop: You may see your first cherries 2 years after planting, but you should not expect substantial crops until the 4th or 5th year.

Highlights

Enjoy a full cherry season with early, mid, and late varieties, perfect for fresh eating and cooking.
Includes the RHS award-winning Kordia, a mid-season cherry with large, deep black, exquisitely flavoured fruit.
Features Summer Sun, a prize-winning dessert cherry that is exceptionally sweet with no bitterness.
Completes the season with Sweetheart, a classic candy-red cherry for late-season picking.
These naturally compact trees are ideal for garden borders or large patio containers.
All three trees cross-pollinate, ensuring a bountiful harvest from July through August.
Arrives expertly pruned to encourage a strong, bushy shape and prevent legginess.

Variety Specifications

Species: Cherry
Features: Disease resistant
Harvest Time: July, August
Hardiness: Fully hardy. All these trees are fully hardy in the UK climate and will not need winter protection.
Position: Full sun
Habit: Upright, bushy
Eventual Spread: Trees will typically reach a spread of 4m.
Soil Type: Prefers fertile well draining soil, can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter.
Pest & Disease Resistance: Generally pest and disease free.
Pollination: Not self fertile. These cherry trees need pollination partners and will cross pollinate each other to produce large crops.
Uses: Eating, cooking
Tasting Notes: Rich, deep and sweet cherry flavours

Planting & Care

Planting Time: January, February, March, September, October, November, December
Spacing: Plant 4m apart to allow for spreading.
Watering: Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. It is better to water heavily and less frequently than little and often.
Feeding: No feeding needed.
Pruning: Some pruning should be done each winter to ensure that your fruit tree maintains a productive shape. This can improve yields and prevent disease.

Product Specifications

Supplied As: Bare Root. These trees are dormant between November and March. As bare roots are stored without any soil or pot, they will easily settle themselves when in contact with soil in your garden.
Height on Arrival: 130-150cm inc. roots
Rootstock: Colt rootstock (grows up to 4m)
Eventual Height: Trees in this collection reach a compact height of approx 4m.
Time to First Crop: You may see your first cherries 2 years after planting, but you should not expect substantial crops until the 4th or 5th year.