Prunus avium 'Sweetheart' - 2 YR BUSH

Description
The Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® (Prunus avium) produces red, large, firm fruits. They have a sweet, aromatic flavour. Well-drained, calcareous, nutrient-rich soil and a sunny location create the ideal conditions for a high-yield harvest from the beginning of August. Its white, pleasantly fragrant flowers are a beautiful sight. The Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® with its ovoid and upright habit grows to around 5.5 m high and 3.5 m wide.

Bulletpoints
* sweet, aromatic flavour * the flowers are highly favoured by bees, bumblebees and hoverflies * fragrant flowers * attractive orange-yellow autumn colouring * easy to care for * heat-loving, sensitive to late frost

leaves
The deciduous leaves of the Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® are medium green, ovate, alternate, serrate. They are about 10 - 15 cm in size. Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® turns bright orange-yellow in autumn.

Bark
Red-brown, smooth, shiny bark makes this plant an eye-catcher in any garden.

Spread
Europe to West Asia.

Frost hardiness
The Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® has good frost hardiness.

Growth
Wild cherry 'Sweetheart'® is an ovoid and upright-growing tree that can reach a height of 3.5 - 5.5 m and a width of 2.5 - 3.5 m. It usually grows 30 - 50 cm per year.

Water
Water regularly and allow the soil to dry out in the meantime.

Location
Preferred location in a sunny position.

Soil
Prunus avium 'Sweetheart'® prefers nutrient-rich, sufficiently moist soil.

Planting time
Container plants can be planted all year round, except when the soil is frozen and in summer heat (over 30°C).

Care
- Excess water must be able to drain away easily and waterlogging should be avoided at all costs. - Fruit trees planted in spring must be watered generously throughout the summer. Well-rooted plants only need additional water in extremely dry conditions. - Frozen shoots should be cut back to the healthy wood as soon as there is no longer any danger of frost.

Flower
Prunus avium 'Sweetheart'® forms white flowers from April. These exude a pleasant fragrance and grow to around 2 - 3 cm in size.

Fruit
Prunus avium 'Sweetheart'® forms red fruits.

Use
Ornamental shrub, bee pasture, consumption, jam, baking, juice

Root
Prunus avium 'Sweetheart'® is a heartroot.