It was for sale in a garden catalog that sells cheap plants and poor quality items. The prices are less expensive because you are buying a set of seeds or small sprouts of trees rather than the giant beautiful plant that is exhibited in the colorful photo. It was called a bush cherry. I ordered three of them and only two survived. The orignal stock was the size of a pencil.
After a few years it becomes this large and yes it easier to pick from than when you pick cherries from a tree. The only problem is that they didn't tell me the cherries are so small that when you figure out how to get the pit out of it, there really is not much pulp left to use. I am sure the catalogue showed me a large sized photo of the cherries that the bush produces.
When it does produce fruit which it did not the past two years, I am able to pick the cherries and squeeze the juice out of them in order to make jelly. The jelly is delicious and the work is better because I don't have to pick out the seeds.
Hopefully the one bumble bee that I heard buzzing around the shed two days will help to get them pollinated and the snow we receive will not harm the blooms.
3 comments:
Beautiful blooms and I know the jelly must be delicious. I am thinking of ordering a weigela plant from Wayside Gardens in SC. We always have good luck with these.
What beautiful blossom. The blossom is just coming out around these parts as well - such a welcome sight after so many months of cold.
Very pretty! I love the white blooms:)
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