General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: To about 8 feet.
Plant Spread: To about 12 feet.
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Mild suckering habit.
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Sour Cherry
  • Tart Cherry
Also sold as:
  • Evans Bali

Photo Gallery
Location: my garden
Date: 2013-07-15 
first yr planting 5th tree in isle
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-08-17
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-01-04
Location: Minnesota
Date: 2017-06-30
The first spring.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-10-28 
Fall colour.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-08-26
 A portion of the harvest.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-06-18
Location: Minnesota
Date: 2016-06-15
bare root transfer growing leaves.  I had to stake this plant to

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