Cherry

Cultivars and varieties:

Prunus 'Amanogawa' [AGM]

Prunus 'Jacqueline' [AGM] - Large (4cm wide), soft pink flowers in spring. Dark green leaves through summer, turning orange and red in the autumn. One of the best flowering cherries and only growing up to 4m, it's a good tree for a small garden.

Prunus 'Merton Glory'

Prunus 'Mount Fuji' - Dark green leaves, semi-double white flowers in mid spring grows to 6m (20ft) so ideal for a small garden.

Prunus avium 'Celeste'® - Large dark red fruit from early July, making it one of the earliest fruiting sweet cherry. Dwarf tree.

Prunus avium 'Colney' - Produces heavy crops of large dark red cherries from late July. It's self-sterile, meaning it will need another cultivar to pollinate with to produce fruit.

Prunus avium 'Fastigiata'

Prunus avium 'Merchant' [AGM] (Sweet cherry) - An early fruiting variety. Not self-fertile so will need a pollination partner.

Prunus avium 'Penny' [AGM] - Small, compact tree. Produces heavy crops of large dark red cherries from late July. It's self-sterile, meaning it will need another cultivar to pollinate with to produce fruit.

Prunus avium 'Regina'

Prunus avium 'Stella' [AGM] - A sweet, large, black cherry. Self-fertile, pollination group 4 and a universal pollinator (it will cross-pollinate with other cherry cultivars that are in flower at the same time). Produces fruit from late July.

Prunus avium 'Summer Sun' [AGM] - A sweet, large, black cherry in mid-season (late July). Not self-fertile. Pollination group 4.

Prunus avium 'Sunburst' - A sweet, large, black cherry in mid-season with a good autumn leaf colour. Self-fertile and pollination group 4. .

Prunus avium 'Sweetheart' [AGM] - A late-cropping cherry. A good crop of sweet, dark-red cherries late in the season. Self-fertile.

Prunus cerasus 'Maynard' - A small, heavy cropping cherry. Ideal for a container or small space in the garden. Self-fertile.

Seeds to sow now:

Indoors or in a heated greenhouse

Coriander

Cress

Cucumber

Forget-me-not

Ornamental pepper

Tomato

Outside

Alyssum

Amaranthus

Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock

Aster

Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia

Basil

Beet, Beetroot, Chard

Beetroot

Beetroot, Garden beet

Borecole, Kale

Bristly hollyhock

Broccoli

Cabbage

Candytuft

Cardoon

Carrot

Cauliflower

Celery

Common hollyhock

Cornflower

Courgette

Delphinium

French bean, Fine bean

Hollyhock

Italian beetroot, Beetroot, Garden beet

Kohl rabi

Lettuce

Love-in-a-mist

Marrow

Nasturtium

Normandy sorrel

Ornamental winter kale

Radish

Runner bean

Spinach

Spinach, Summer spinach

Spring onion

Sweet pea

Sweetcorn

Swiss chard, Ruby chard, Rhubard chard

Turnip

Outside under cover

Cucumber

Sweetcorn

What else to plant now:

Potatoes (main crop)

 

 

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