Cherry trees

Expert help available for this variety

Colney

RHS AGM
Colney

Colney is a new large English dark red/black dessert cherry, with a good cherry flavour.

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Colney cherry trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

1-year -Bare-root - Gisela 5 rootstock
Mature height: Medium (2.5m - 3m)
£31.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Growing

  • Cropping: Good
  • Fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
  • Bacterial canker: Some resistance

Uses

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Red
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
  • RHS AGM

Climate

  • Suitable for temperate climates
  • UK Zone 3 - Southern UK: Yes

Pollination guide for Colney cherry trees

Colney is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other cherry trees.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.


How to grow Colney cherry trees

Colney is not self-fertile so it needs a pollination partner tree nearby. Stella is the best choice.

Planting instructions.

Pruning instructions.

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