Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Edible Qualities

Bing Cherry is a large tree that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces dark red round fruit (technically 'drupes') with black overtones and crimson flesh which are usually ready for picking from early to mid summer. Note that the fruits have hard inedible pits inside which must be removed before eating or processing. The fruits have a sweet taste and a juicy texture.

Planting and Growing

Bing Cherry will grow to be about 40 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 40 feet. It has a high canopy with a typical clearance of 6 feet from the ground | and should not be planted underneath power lines. As it matures | the lower branches of this tree can be strategically removed to create a high enough canopy to support unobstructed human traffic underneath. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more. This variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.

This tree is typically grown in a designated area of the yard because of its mature size and spread. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions | but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun

Keep moisture level average to moist

Mature Size 40'Hx40'W

Flowers are white with strong fragrance

Flowers in early spring

Sweet fruit used for raw; cooking; baking; preserves; canning

Harvest from early to mid summer

Attracts birds

Fall color yellow

Zone 5a

Likes well drained soil