FruitSome care needed

Cherry

Prunus avium

Two different trees under one name. Sweet cherries are for eating, need sun, and were impractical in gardens until dwarfing rootstocks arrived. Acid cherries are for cooking, are self-fertile, and will crop on a north-facing wall — the only fruit in this catalogue that genuinely will. Both are pruned in summer, and both need netting or the birds take everything.

Position: Full sun or Partial shade
Water: moderate demand
Drainage: Free-draining
Grows to: 250–500 cm × 250–450 cm
Hardiness: H6
Harvest: June to August
Difficulty: Some care needed

Described view

A fan-trained cherry against a wall with fine netting stretched on a frame clear of the foliage, ripening fruit visible behind

August

Harvest · Prune

Cherry’s year

Resolved for United Kingdom (general). Every window is stored against a climate event rather than a date, so a late frost pocket runs later than the band shows. What else August calls for.

Activity	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	N	D
Plant	January.	February.	March.						November.	December.
In flower				April.
Harvest						June.	July.	August.
Prune					May.	June.	July.	August.
Dormant	January.									December.

Names that cause confusion

acid cherry — Prunus cerasus — a different species from the sweet cherry. Self-fertile, fruits on last year's wood rather than on spurs, and productive on a north wall where nothing else fruits.

Timing that travels

The band above resolves this plant's windows into months for one region. These are the windows themselves, stored against a climate event rather than a date — which is the form that survives being carried to a colder garden, a frost pocket, or next year.

Pollination

Whether one plant on its own will set fruit, and what has to be true if it will not.

One plant on its own will crop.

Self-fertility: Self-fertileSourced guidanceDepends on conditions
Partner needed: No partner neededSourced guidanceDepends on conditions
Pollen moved by: Insects
What decides compatibility: incompatibility group

Where the pollination figures come from

Self-fertilitySourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: True of the cultivars now sold for gardens — 'Stella', 'Sunburst', 'Morello'. Many older sweet cherries are self-sterile and carry S-allele incompatibility groups, where two cultivars in the same group cannot pollinate each other however well they overlap in flowering.

Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry pollination

Checked 2026-08-13

Partner neededSourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: For the self-fertile cultivars. An older self-sterile cultivar needs a partner from a different incompatibility group.

Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry pollination

Checked 2026-08-13

Pollen moved byHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

What decides compatibilitySourced guidancehigh confidence

A genetic mechanism unrelated to flowering time, which is why cherry pollination charts look different from apple ones.

WSU Extension — Washington State University: Sweet cherry pollination — S-alleles

Checked 2026-08-13

Which of these will pollinate which

Worked out from flowering groups and ploidy for the 7 cultivars GrowingHQ holds — a small fraction of those in cultivation. A cultivar that is not listed has not been ruled out; it has not been recorded. Read a row as “this cultivar’s pollen reaches…”.

Pollen from	Lapins	Merton Glory	Morello	Napoleon	Stella	Summer Sun	Sunburst
Lapins	—	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Merton Glory	yes	—	not known	not known	yes	yes	yes
Morello	yes	not known	—	not known	no	yes	yes
Napoleon	yes	not known	not known	—	yes	yes	yes
Stella	yes	yes	no	yes	—	yes	yes
Summer Sun	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	—	yes
Sunburst	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	—

Lapins crops on its own.

A late self-fertile sweet cherry with large firm fruit and better split resistance than Sunburst. Sold under the name Cherokee in some catalogues.

Merton Glory is pollinated by Lapins, Stella, Summer Sun, Sunburst.

An early white-fleshed cherry with very large fruit. Self-sterile, and its incompatibility group is not recorded here — pair it with a self-fertile cultivar, which sidesteps the unknown entirely.

Morello crops on its own.

An acid cherry for cooking, self-fertile, and — unusually for fruit — genuinely productive on a north-facing wall. It fruits on last year's growth rather than on spurs, which is why acid cherries are pruned by replacement and sweet cherries are not.

Napoleon is pollinated by Lapins, Stella, Summer Sun, Sunburst.

A large pale-yellow cherry flushed red, and the one traditional self-sterile cultivar recorded here — it is what makes the S-allele mechanism visible rather than theoretical. Known as Royal Ann in America.

Stella crops on its own.

The first widely grown self-fertile sweet cherry, and the reason a single cherry tree in a garden became a sensible idea at all. Vigorous, so the rootstock choice matters more here than the cultivar does.

Summer Sun crops on its own.

Bred for cooler and more exposed British conditions, and the usual recommendation for a northern garden where Stella is marginal.

Sunburst crops on its own.

A self-fertile sweet cherry with large dark fruit, generally grown where a single tree is wanted. Prone to splitting after rain close to picking, which is a weather problem rather than a fault.

Rootstocks — the decision that fixes the size

A grafted fruit tree is two plants. The top decides what the fruit tastes like; the rootstock decides how big the tree gets, how soon it crops and whether it needs staking for life.

Gisela 5 is what made cherries a garden fruit: a tree small enough to net. Colt produces a larger tree suited to a fan against a wall.

Heights are ranges and always will be — the same rootstock behaves differently on light sand and deep loam.
Rootstock	Vigour	Mature height	Staking	In a container
Gisela 5	Dwarfing	250–350 cm	Permanent stakingSourced guidanceDepends on conditions	not assessedInsufficient evidence
Colt	Semi-vigorous	400–500 cm	Stake while establishing	unsuitable

Where the rootstock figures come from

Gisela 5: VigourSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13
Mature heightSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13
StakingSourced guidanceDepends on conditionsmoderate confidence
Applies when: Reported as needing support in commercial systems carrying heavy crops. A lightly cropped garden tree in shelter may manage without, but staking is the safer default.
WSU Extension — Washington State University: Sweet cherry rootstocks — orchard support
Checked 2026-08-13
In a containerInsufficient evidenceconfidence unknown
Not assessed by GrowingHQ for long-term container growing.
No external citation — see the evidence type above.
Checked 2026-08-13
Colt: VigourSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13
Mature heightSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13
StakingSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Planting fruit trees
Checked 2026-08-13
In a containerSourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13

Pruning and training

Every piece of fruit pruning advice follows from one fact: where the plant carries next year's crop.

Fruits on: Spurs on older wood

Fruit forms on short stubby spurs that persist on wood two years old and older. Pruning aims to build and renew those spurs, so the framework is kept and young growth is shortened.

Sourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: True for sweet cherries. ACID cherries fruit on wood made the previous year, so they are pruned by renewal — cutting out fruited wood to a replacement shoot — and treating one like the other loses the crop.

Royal Horticultural Society: Pruning cherries

Checked 2026-08-13

Cutting the wrong wood does not damage the plant. It removes the crop, and the loss is not visible until the following summer.

Forms it can be grown as

Bush
Pyramid
Fan

source

Sourced guidancehigh confidence

Royal Horticultural Society: Trained fruit forms

Checked 2026-08-13

Fans need wires; a fan is also the form that can be netted.

source

Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

Annual maintenanceMay, June, July
Keep a sweet cherry open and to a size that can be netted, without opening wounds when silver leaf is about.
Prune in late spring or early summer, lightly. Sweet cherries need little pruning once the framework is built.
source
Sourced guidancehigh confidence
- Royal Horticultural Society: Pruning cherries
Checked 2026-08-13
Timing matters: Winter pruning invites silver leaf, which cannot be treated.
Annual maintenanceJuly, August
Renew the fruiting wood on an ACID cherry, which crops on shoots made the previous season and becomes bare at the base if never cut back.
After fruiting, cut out a proportion of the wood that has just fruited, back to a young replacement shoot. This is a different operation from sweet-cherry pruning and produces a different-looking tree.
source
Sourced guidancehigh confidence
- Royal Horticultural Society: Pruning acid cherries
Checked 2026-08-13

What you are committing to

Fruit is a multi-year decision. These are the numbers a nursery label rarely carries.

First worthwhile crop: 3–5 years
Propagated by: Grafting or budding
Fruit type: Stone fruit

Where these figures come from

First worthwhile cropSourced guidancehigh confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks
Checked 2026-08-13
Propagated bySourced guidancehigh confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Grafting fruit trees
Checked 2026-08-13

Keeping it: Does not keep. Eaten or cooked within days; freezes well once stoned.

source

Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

A ripe cherry does not travel, and the difference between one picked from a garden tree and one bought is larger than for almost any other fruit.

Conditions it needs

Light: Full sun, Partial shadeSourced guidanceDepends on conditions
Direct sun: 4 hours a day or more
Frost: Very hardySourced guidanceDepends on conditions
Hardiness rating: H6 (RHS)
Soil: Loam, Silt
Soil pH: 6–7.5
Drainage: Free-draining
Water needs: moderate
Drought: poor tolerance
Waterlogging: poor tolerance
Heat: moderate tolerance
Wind and exposure: moderate tolerance

Where these figures come from

LightSourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: Sweet cherries need sun. Acid cherries such as 'Morello' fruit acceptably on a north-facing wall, which is unusual enough to be worth planning around.

Royal Horticultural Society: Growing cherries

Checked 2026-08-13

Direct sunHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

FrostSourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: Hardy tree, frost-vulnerable blossom.

Royal Horticultural Society: Cherries — hardiness

Checked 2026-08-13

Hardiness ratingSourced guidancehigh confidence

Royal Horticultural Society: RHS hardiness ratings

Checked 2026-08-13

SoilHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

Soil pHHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

DrainageSourced guidancehigh confidence

Royal Horticultural Society: Growing cherries

Checked 2026-08-13

Water needsHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

Even watering as the fruit ripens matters: a dry spell followed by rain splits the crop.

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

DroughtSourced guidancehigh confidence

Trees on Gisela 5 in particular need consistent moisture.

Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks

Checked 2026-08-13

WaterloggingHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

HeatHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

Wind and exposureHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

On your soil

Computed by comparing this plant's recorded requirements against each soil's recorded characteristics. A recorded horticultural fact overrides the comparison where GrowingHQ holds one.

Soil	Verdict	Why
Heavy clay	Works, with one condition	Cherry will crop on heavy clay, but one thing has to be dealt with first. It needs ground that drains, and this soil holds water. A plant that stays in the ground through winter with its roots in cold, saturated soil rots — which is what kills most of what fails on heavy ground, rather than the cold.Improve the drainage before planting — a raised bed, or bulky organic matter worked in over several seasons. Do not add sand to clay in small quantities; it makes the problem worse.
Sandy	Works, with one condition	Cherry will crop on sandy, but one thing has to be dealt with first. It has little drought tolerance and this soil dries out fast — it will check and bolt in the first dry spell without watering.Water and mulch will carry it through. On this soil the watering is not optional in a dry spell, which is the difference between a crop and a failure.
Chalky and alkaline	Struggles here	Cherry struggles on chalky and alkaline: It has little drought tolerance and this soil dries out fast — it will check and bolt in the first dry spell without watering. It roots to about 50 cm and this soil offers roughly 40 cm before rock or hardpan. A container or a raised bed of imported soil sidesteps the problem entirely.
Loam	Prefers this soil	Loam suits Cherry as it stands: The pH suits it: it wants 6 to 7.5, and this soil is in that range. The free drainage is exactly what it wants. Loam is among the soils it is recorded as suiting. The soil holds moisture, which saves a great deal of watering. There is ample rooting depth for it.
Silty	Prefers this soil	Silty suits Cherry as it stands: The pH suits it: it wants 6 to 7.5, and this soil is in that range. The free drainage is exactly what it wants. Silt is among the soils it is recorded as suiting. The soil holds moisture, which saves a great deal of watering. There is ample rooting depth for it.
Peaty and acid	Works, with one condition	Cherry will crop on peaty and acid, but one thing has to be dealt with first. It needs ground that drains, and this soil holds water. A plant that stays in the ground through winter with its roots in cold, saturated soil rots — which is what kills most of what fails on heavy ground, rather than the cold.Improve the drainage before planting — a raised bed, or bulky organic matter worked in over several seasons. Do not add sand to clay in small quantities; it makes the problem worse.
Shallow over rock	Struggles here	Cherry struggles on shallow over rock: It has little drought tolerance and this soil dries out fast — it will check and bolt in the first dry spell without watering. It roots to about 50 cm and this soil offers roughly 25 cm before rock or hardpan. A container or a raised bed of imported soil sidesteps the problem entirely.
Made ground and urban soil	Struggles here	Cherry struggles on made ground and urban soil: It needs ground that drains, and this soil holds water. A plant that stays in the ground through winter with its roots in cold, saturated soil rots — which is what kills most of what fails on heavy ground, rather than the cold. It roots to about 50 cm and this soil offers roughly 30 cm before rock or hardpan. A container or a raised bed of imported soil sidesteps the problem entirely.

Not sure which you have? Four hand tests will settle it.

Space and spacing

Mature height: 250–500 cmSourced guidanceDepends on conditions
Mature spread: 250–450 cm
Rooting depth: 50–80 cm
Spacing: 300–500 cm apart

Where these figures come from

Mature heightSourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence

Applies when: 2.5–3.5 m on Gisela 5, 4–5 m on Colt.

Royal Horticultural Society: Cherry rootstocks

Checked 2026-08-13

Mature spreadHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

Rooting depthHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

SpacingSourced guidancehigh confidence

Royal Horticultural Society: Growing cherries

Checked 2026-08-13

Measured centre to centre. Plants set closer than this compete for light and water long before they look crowded, and the crowding cannot be undone once they are in.

In a container

Sometimes sold as a patio subject on Gisela 5. GrowingHQ records no minimum size, because it has not found evidence for long-term container cropping of cherries that it can stand behind.

Where and how you can grow it

Each way of growing is assessed separately, and “not assessed” is a real answer rather than a gap we have filled in with a guess.

Method	Suitability	What it needs
Vertical growing	Well suited source Sourced guidancehigh confidence A fan is both nettable and, for acid cherries, the way to use a north wall. Royal Horticultural Society: Training fruit trees Checked 2026-08-13	Wires; Summer pruning only; Netting
Open ground	Workable Sourced guidanceDepends on conditionshigh confidence Applies when: Well suited on a dwarfing rootstock that can be netted; a poor use of space on a vigorous one, because the birds take the crop. Royal Horticultural Society: Growing cherries Checked 2026-08-13	A dwarfing rootstock; Netting as the fruit colours
Traditional dug bed	Workable source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13
Hydroponics	Marginal source GrowingHQ editorial positionmoderate confidence Root volume and chilling. The same three objections as the other top fruit, in the same order. GrowingHQ editorial synthesis — GrowingHQ Checked 2026-08-13
Greenhouse	Marginal source Sourced guidancemoderate confidence Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board — AHDB: Cherries under glass Checked 2026-08-13
Polytunnel	Marginal source Sourced guidancemoderate confidence Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board — AHDB: Cherries under glass Checked 2026-08-13
Container	Not assessed Insufficient evidenceconfidence unknown Not assessed by GrowingHQ. No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13
Windowsill	Not suitable source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13

Growing it

ProtectionNet the tree as the fruit begins to colour. An unnetted cherry in a British garden is a bird crop — this is the practical reason to choose a rootstock producing a tree small enough to cover.
PruningPrune between late spring and midsummer only, and remember that acid and sweet cherries are pruned differently: sweet on a spur system, acid by renewing last year's fruited wood.
WateringWater evenly in the fortnight before picking. Heavy rain after a dry spell splits ripening cherries, and mulching to even out soil moisture is the practical defence.
FeedingA spring mulch of compost suits an established tree. Where growth is poor, use a general fertiliser in late winter rather than a high-nitrogen one — soft sappy growth is what bacterial canker colonises, and cherries are more prone to it than any other stone fruit. Container trees need a slow-release feed each spring because the compost is exhausted by midsummer.

Where this guidance comes from

ProtectionSourced guidancehigh confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Protecting fruit from birds
Checked 2026-08-13
PruningSourced guidancehigh confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Pruning cherries
Checked 2026-08-13
WateringHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Fruit splitting
Checked 2026-08-13
FeedingSourced guidancehigh confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Cherries — feeding
Checked 2026-08-13

The bud you cut to becomes the new shoot, and it grows in the direction it points — which is why an outward-facing bud opens the plant up and an inward-facing one crosses the middle.

Is it worth putting under cover?

Whether it will grow there is on the methods table above. This is whether the space is well spent, which is a different question and usually the one being asked.

Structure	What protection is worth	What decides it
Greenhouse	Improves reliability source GrowingHQ editorial positionmoderate confidence What protection is worth for this crop, judged against the same standard as every other record in this file. GrowingHQ editorial synthesis — GrowingHQ Checked 2026-08-13	Ultimate size, and the winter chill the tree needs and a warm house denies it.A fan-trained tree on a dwarfing rootstock against a back wall; The house left open all winter so the chilling requirement is metThe Victorian practice this descends from was real and the benefit is real — rain exclusion stops the fruit splitting and the structure keeps the birds off. It is a serious commitment of the best wall in the garden.
Polytunnel	Improves reliability source GrowingHQ editorial positionmoderate confidence What protection is worth for this crop, judged against the same standard as every other record in this file. GrowingHQ editorial synthesis — GrowingHQ Checked 2026-08-13	Ultimate size. A tunnel has no back wall to train against, which removes the one arrangement that makes this work.

Growing it without soil

Nearly anything can be grown in a soilless system by somebody with enough equipment. The useful question is whether it is worth it, in which technique, and what goes wrong.

Not worth it

It can be made to grow, but a soilless system is the wrong tool — usually because of rooting volume, running cost, or a result no better than a pot of compost.

source

GrowingHQ editorial positionmoderate confidence

Root volume and chilling. The same three objections as the other top fruit, in the same order.

GrowingHQ editorial synthesis — GrowingHQ

Checked 2026-08-13

Birds are the usual reason people want cherries under control. Netting solves it far more cheaply.

Techniques that suit it

Drip-fed mediumSolution is dripped into an inert medium around each plant. The most forgiving technique and the one that suits large, long-season, heavy crops.

Horticultural consensusDepends on conditionsmoderate confidence

Applies when: Substrate only.

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

Root space: Very large, permanently.
pH band: 5.5–6.5

Where these figures come from

Root spaceHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence

No external citation — see the evidence type above.

Checked 2026-08-13

pH bandSourced guidancehigh confidence

Outside roughly this band, individual nutrients become unavailable even when they are present in the solution — which is why a crop can starve in a full reservoir.

Purdue Extension — Purdue University: Hydroponic solution management — pH

Checked 2026-08-13

No nutrient recipes here

GrowingHQ records pH bands, which are measurable properties of nutrient availability, and deliberately records no EC or PPM targets and no mixing instructions. Published targets vary by cultivar, growth stage, water source and technique, and the figures that apply to your system are on the product you bought.

Harvesting

When it is readyPick when fully coloured and sweet — cherries do not ripen further once picked. Taste one rather than judging by colour, which arrives early.
How to pick itCut or pick with the stalk on, which keeps the fruit sound for longer.
Keeping itA few days refrigerated.

Where the harvest guidance comes from

When it is readyHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence: Royal Horticultural Society: Growing cherries
Checked 2026-08-13
How to pick itHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence: No external citation — see the evidence type above.
Checked 2026-08-13
Keeping itHorticultural consensusmoderate confidence: No external citation — see the evidence type above.
Checked 2026-08-13

What goes wrong

Problem	How often	Notes
Normal autumn leaf fall	common source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13	Seasonal, and the reason an autumn yellowing should not be read as a deficiency.
Bird damage	common source Sourced guidancehigh confidence Royal Horticultural Society: Birds and fruit Checked 2026-08-13	The defining problem of garden cherries, and the reason tree size is a practical decision.
Fruit splitting	common source Sourced guidancehigh confidence WSU Extension — Washington State University: Sweet cherry rain cracking Checked 2026-08-13
Silver leaf	occasional source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13
Bacterial canker	occasional source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13
Brown rot	occasional source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13
Aphids	common source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13	Cherry blackfly curls the growing tips in spring.
Poor fruit set	occasional source Horticultural consensusmoderate confidence No external citation — see the evidence type above. Checked 2026-08-13	Frost during the April blossom, or an older self-sterile cultivar without a compatible partner.

Start from what you can see

Fruit splitting or cracking

Grown with, grown after, grown instead

Every relationship states its mechanism. A pairing nobody can explain is a pairing nobody has checked, and it does not go in.

Shares a problem withPlum
Both are Prunus susceptible to silver leaf through pruning wounds, which is why both are pruned only between late spring and midsummer.
source
Sourced guidancehigh confidence
Royal Horticultural Society: Silver leaf
Checked 2026-08-13
Closely relatedApricot
Both Prunus stone fruit sharing silver leaf susceptibility, self-fertility in garden cultivars, and a preference for fan training against a warm wall.
source
Sourced guidancehigh confidence
Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Prunus
Checked 2026-08-13

Safety and edibility

Which parts are ediblechildren
Cherry stones contain amygdalin and release cyanide if crushed and swallowed. The flesh is safe; the kernel is not a food. Cherry leaves and twigs are also toxic to livestock, particularly when wilted.
source
Horticultural consensushigh confidence
- Royal Horticultural Society: Potentially harmful garden plants
Checked 2026-08-13
Spit the stones out. Do not feed cherry prunings or wilted foliage to grazing animals.
Equipment safetychildren
Netting left slack traps birds, hedgehogs and other wildlife, and wild birds are legally protected in the UK. A cherry tree is the crop most likely to be netted and the one most often netted badly.
source
Horticultural consensushigh confidence
- Royal Horticultural Society: Protecting fruit from birds
Checked 2026-08-13
Keep netting taut on a frame, use a mesh too small for a bird's head, and check it daily while it is up.

Sources for this page

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · GrowingHQ editorial synthesis · Royal Horticultural Society

Each figure on this page carries its own citation, under the “where these figures come from” note in its section. Record last reviewed 2026-08-13.

If something is wrong with it

Flowers dropping without setting fruit — 2 causes GrowingHQ holds for cherry
Healthy growth but no flowers — 2 causes GrowingHQ holds for cherry
Fruit splitting or cracking — 2 causes GrowingHQ holds for cherry

Something else? Work through it with the diagnostic tool.