So far, I have only seen this species once, and that was at the Hawk Mountain Raptor Sanctuary about 30 miles northwest of Reading, Penns...Read Moreylvania. It likes cool habitats just like its friend, the American Mountainash that often is around with it. This species has leaves about 3 to 4 inches long by 0.8 to 1.3 inches wide. These leaves are very sharp pointed. The small white flowers in clusters appear with or just after the leaves emerge. The cherries are bright red and about 0.3 of an inch in diameter with an acid taste. Typical cherry bark of lustrous red-brown bark with pale lenticels that goes from smooth to plated and more brown. It is usually a small tree that gets about 15 to 25 feet high, but it can get to 40 feet high with a 18 to 20 inch trunk diameter, and even with some champion trees to about 80 feet high. Not sold by conventional nurseries, but some northern or Appalachian native plant nurseries may carry some. It is native to most of southern Canada, except the far west, the northern Rocky Mountains, around the Great Lakes, New England, and down the Appalachians. A species similar to the Wild Black Cherry and the Common Chokecherry.
Specimens have been growing for decades in the Georgeson Botanical Garden at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks, Alaska. 99709...Read More. Seems to produce a heavy crop in most years without supplemental watering.
A large shrub to small tree with abundant showy white spring flowers, brilliant fall color, and excellent wildlife value. Fast-growing, t...Read Moreends to be short-lived (20-40 years), like other cherries. Like other cherries, it has shallow, thirsty roots.
Native to most of northern and easter N. America, it is among the first woody plants to colonize disturbed sites, and serves as a nurse tree for forest species.
I like this tree, but it can be a negative depending on your growing situation. You can not grow this tree anywhere that livestock have a...Read Moreccess to it. The wilted leaves will kill any livestock that eat it. The smell or taste of the leaves is attractive to them. My Dad raises horses and he literally hates this tree. It's kind of amusing to watch him around a Pin Cherry. He stomps on seedlings and actually grinds them to pieces with his heel, lol.
The flesh of the fruit is edible, but the stone and leaves contain cyanide. From what I have read the twigs have a bitter almond taste, so they must contain some cyanide too. A good thing to know if you have kids.
My interests go towards wildlife, and I have no children, so I am now in the process of replanting my property. Of course, my Dad is not amused.
Grows wild here in Saskatchewan (Zone 3)
The cherries make a wonderful slightly tart jelly, the color of which is vibrantly beauti...Read Moreful.
The wood also has a very pretty grain and works well for turning although it never gets large enough for anything except spindles and candlesticks.
So far, I have only seen this species once, and that was at the Hawk Mountain Raptor Sanctuary about 30 miles northwest of Reading, Penns...Read More
Specimens have been growing for decades in the Georgeson Botanical Garden at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks, Alaska. 99709...Read More
A large shrub to small tree with abundant showy white spring flowers, brilliant fall color, and excellent wildlife value. Fast-growing, t...Read More
I like this cherry it almost looks like the big ones the fruit also tastes better than choke or black cherries but they all contain cyanide.
I like this tree, but it can be a negative depending on your growing situation. You can not grow this tree anywhere that livestock have a...Read More
Grows wild here in Saskatchewan (Zone 3)
The cherries make a wonderful slightly tart jelly, the color of which is vibrantly beauti...Read More