CHERRIES ON THE RLOT
Apr 25, 2018
4 minutes
“If you only have room to plant one cherry tree, make sure it is one of the self-fertile types such as ‘Stella’”
triumph of hope over experience’. This is how the renowned gardener and journalist Bob Flowerdew has described growing cherries. The list of potential pitfalls is certainly extensive – birds stealing the fruit, bacterial canker, aphid damage, birds, vigorous growth and tricky to prune – oh, and did I mention the birds? Almost everyone who has tried to grow cherries has suffered the heart-breaking experience of patiently watching the fruit gradually ripen, only to discover that birds have stripped the tree bare a day
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