Prunus avium ‘Bing’
Prunus avium 'Bing' is a famous mid-season, sweet cherry with heavy crops of high quality, sweet and meaty, dark red fruit.
Prunus avium ‘Bing’ is a famous sweet cherry producing clusters of fragrant white flowers in spring followed by heavy crops of high quality, dark, sweet, meaty fruit mid-season. These semi-dwarf trees will reach 12-15 feet tall and wide. Excellent for eating fresh, canning and preserves. Ornamentally attractive with a spreading canopy and smooth, glossy, reddish bark with horizontal stripes. Requires cross-pollination. Needs pollination from another cherry variety. Photo credit: Wikipedia
Common Name: Sweet Cherry
Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 10-15'
Width: 8-10'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Red
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award:
Geographical Origin: Garden Origin
