| Scientific Name: | Prunus avium |
| Common Name: | sweet cherry, bird cherry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Dark-red, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves elliptic, most blades 5-12(-15)cm long x 3-6cm wide; margin unequally serrate; flowers solitary, 2.5-3.5cm wide, petals white and about 1cm long; drupes (cherries) oval shaped, most 1.5-2.5(-3.5)cm long. Winter ID: exfoliating bark; buds clustered, ovoid; flower buds more rounded, about 5-7mm long x 3-4mm wide; leaf scars half-round to crescent shaped with 3 bundle scars. | |