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Description

This �Stella� Cherry Tree is perfect if you only have space for one fruit tree in your garden. It is self-fertile and does not need a second variety to pollinate it. Producing heavy and reliable crops of its delicious, sweetly flavoured, darked skinned, juicy fruits from late July it will also produce gorgeous blossom in early spring. Perfect for growing in a pot ion your patio, it�s delivered as 1.35-1.45m bare root tall, unfeathered, grower-quality, multi-branched tree, grown on a dwarfing 'Colt' rootstock.

Top Tips

Cover the cherry tree with nylon mesh or netting to prevent birds from stealing your crops - �Stella� cherry trees are also known as the bird cherry as they will steal most of your cherry crop if you do not stop them.
Add Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi to give your plants a head start and establish faster.

Care Information

Best grown in moderately fertile soil in full sun.

If grown in pots keep well watered.

Apply a low-nitrogen fertilizer such as 5-10-10 in early spring, about a month before flowering.

Prune young cherry trees during winter dormancy to shape them into an open center or central leader shape.

Mature trees will just need a simple prune to remove dead or crossing branches or to open up the center or maintain shape - unlike other fruit trees, �Stella� cherry trees do not need pruning to keep them fruiting.

Train fan-trained trees in spring. Prune established fans and carry out routine pruning on established cherry trees when harvesting the fruits in summer.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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