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Sweet Cherry
Prunus avium
Sweet Cherry is a flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 15-30 ft × 15-30 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs. Expect white blooms in spring. It attracts butterflies and pollinators.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 15-30 ft × 15-30 ft
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Pollinators
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Northern Africa, western Asia, Europe
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