With the right variety, location, and care, you can successfully grow and harvest delicious cherries in your backyard.

Growing delicious cherries doesn't have to be complicated. Explore 16 cherry tree varieties that are easy to plant and maintain, for a harvest of juicy delight.

Prunus avium is in the Rosaceae family – the same family as roses – which are not much alike but the flower structure is the same. The tree can get up to 25m tall and is fast growing.

Original Article Published: 15 April 2009 Contemporary pollen flow, characterization of the maternal ecological neighbourhood and mating patterns in wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) J E Cottrell, S P ...

If you're in the market for such a tree, though, our native cherries – Prunus padus, or bird cherry, and Prunus avium, or gean – are certainly… ...

Sweet cherries (Prunus avium), sometimes called bird cherries or, in their wilder state, mazzard cherries, were among the plants ordered from Europe by the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1629.

Sargent’s cherry (Prunus sargentii) is a small spring-flowering tree that is more likely to thrive in the Chicago area than Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata). (John Hagstrom/The ...

Prunus serotina, also commonly called wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a woody plant species belonging to the genus Prunus.

The first, known as sweet cherry (Prunus avium), produces fruit sweet enough to eat straight from the tree, once ripe.

Prunus avium, also known as the gean tree, is widespread, though not common, in hedgerows and woodlands all over Ireland, although it prefers fertile, lime-rich soils. It is a member of the plum ...

Surely the breathtaking sight of a wild cherry tree festooned with its lace of spring blossoms brings out the romance in many of us. The Latin name for this springtime beauty is Prunus serotina.

Whether you are searching for an ornamental cherry or a fruiting cherry, this guide will help you find the right tree for your yard.