Prunus avium 'DÖNISSENS GELBE'
Prunus avium 'DÖNISSENS GELBE'
sweet cherry
SIZE/TYPE |
medium-sized tree |
USUAL HEIGHT |
3-5m |
USUAL WIDTH |
3-4m |
LEAVES |
deciduous broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
green |
FLOWERS |
showy |
COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
white
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BLOOMING TIME |
April - April
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LOCATION |
full sun |
USDA zone (lowest) |
5 (down to -29°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Fruit trees
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Dönissens Gelbe is a super sweet and aromatic variety of yellow sweet cherries from Germany. It produces masses of medium-sized, juicy fruit in July. Its colour brings one advantage – it is usually untouched by birds who relish on red-coloured cherries.
It is self-sterile and needs a pollinator nearby to produce fruit. The best varieties for heavy crop are Hedelfingen, Kordia and similar (flowering at the same time). It grows vigorously as a young tree, forming a rounded crown with slightly arching branches with age. It likes slightly acidic, well drained but moist soil. Fully hardy.
Last update 09-02-2013; 22-02-2014
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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