Once established, cherry trees are low-maintenance garden landscape trees that need little pruning. Cherry trees are not drought-tolerant plants, and the soil should be kept moist without being soggy or waterlogged. To grow cherry trees, plant the tree in well-draining soil in full sun. However, some cold-hardy cherry trees can withstand temperatures in zone 4.

After blooming, clusters of sweet or sour cherries appear.Ĭherry trees grow in USDA zones 5 through 9. Cherry blossoms grow in small clusters, hanging from bare branches. Usually, cherry trees are in bloom for two to four weeks. Typically, fruit from cherry blossom trees is too small and sour to eat-although they are a favorite of many birds.Ĭherry trees blossom in spring between mid-March and mid-April. There are sweet cherries ( Prunus avium), sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus), and ornamental cherry blossom trees. Species of cherry trees are categorized by their fruit or blossoms. Cherry trees are deciduous trees, famous for their sweet or sour stone fruits called drupes and their eye-catching blossoms. The blossoms of cherry trees have whitish-pink color.Ĭherry trees belong to the genus Prunus and are in the family Rosaceae.

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