Black Nanking Cherry
$15.00 CAD
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Oak Summit Nursery
Nanking Cherry
Nanking Cherry
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$19.00 CAD
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$19.00 CAD
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Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) is a cold hardy cherry bush native to Asia. The species name refers to its fuzzy leaves, which distinguish it from other sour cherries.
Heavy crops of half inch red cherries ripen around mid July in Manitoba. The fruit has sweet tart flavour and is good fresh or in jelly, pies, and jam. White flowers can cover the branches in spring.
Nanking Cherry is mostly self sterile. A single bush can sometimes produce fruit, but two or more bushes usually give much better fruit set through cross pollination. Black Nanking Cherry can also serve as a pollinator.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 2
- Mature size
- 6 to 10 ft tallA bush, with fuzzy leaves
- Fruit
- Heavy crops of red cherries about half an inch acrossSweet and tart. Good fresh and in jelly, pies and jam
- Flowers
- White flowers that can cover the branches in spring
- Source
- Grown from Manitoba seed
- Site and soil
- Sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellTolerates some dryness once established
Ripening
Mid July
In Manitoba
More about this plant
A cherry bush from Asia
Nanking cherry, Prunus tomentosa, is native to Asia. Its species name refers to the fuzzy leaves that set it apart from other sour cherries.
Cold hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 2 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Nanking cherry is mostly self sterile. A single bush can sometimes fruit, but two or more usually set much better. Black Nanking can also serve as a pollinator.
| Plant alongside | Pollination requirement |
|---|---|
| Black Nanking Cherry | Can serve as a pollinator for Nanking cherry. |