Potted Montmorency Sour Cherry

Recommended Use: Cooking, fresh eating

Fruit Size: Medium

Storage: Keeps about a week in the fridge

Harvest: June - Late

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

Soil Preference: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions with well-drained soils, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring.

Flowering Time: Late

Bloom Colour: White

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without a cherry tree of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present. Sweet and Sour cherries cannot be relied upon to pollinate each other.

Sun/Shade Requirements:

Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habits:

Moderately vigorous and decently disease resistant.

Primocane or Floricane (if applicable):

Thorns:

Potted plants are only available for pick-up at the nursery. They unfortunately cannot be shipped due to the size and weight of the pots.

You are welcome to order potted plants ahead of time online or stop in at the nursery to purchase them! Our hours vary seasonally so we recommend checking our posted hours ahead of time (see the bottom of the webpage or our Google hours).

The sizes of potted plants varies by species and variety, but we have some approximate size ranges based on pot size (all heights include the pot):

• 1g pots - 1-3ft tall
• 2g or 3g pots - 1.5-3ft tall
• 5g pots - 3-7ft tall
• 8g pots - 4-7ft tall

Please note that some plants may fall outside these ranges. If you are curious about the size of a specific kind of plant, call or email us and we're happy to give you a more accurate size range!