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  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    punkdoc said:
    There are male and female flowers, not male and female trees, if I am not mistaken, but I claim no expertise on the subject, so hopefully will be corrected, if I am wrong.
    See here:

    https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/faq/do-i-need-plant-more-one-cherry-tree-pollination-and-fruit-set
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ve read through that link, twice,  I can see no reference to buying a male and female tree. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    I have not researched the exact mechanism of pollinating in non-self-fruitful ones because I have planted single self-fruitful trees. 

    However, you need to buy them in 2 fruit producing varieties: "When planting self-unfruitful cultivars, at least two different sweet cherry varieties must be planted for fruit production."
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    edited September 2021
    Thanks, guys... the link given in the first response (thanks @Dovefromabove ) is very clear on which trees are needed to pollinate others, and which self-fertilise. 
    Lincolnshire
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    @Janie B I have a dessert cherry, Stella and a cooking cherry Morello. Pay special attention to the rootstock to suit your proposed orchard area. Both are prolific, though it takes a few years for them to yield well. We usually gather the ones within reachable height and leave the rest for the birds.
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  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    Thanks, @Eustace , Stella is definitely on my list... seems to be the most reliable of all of them... the other two will be one of Penny, Sweetheart, Sunburst or Summer Sun I think. Not going to go for a cooking one ... I just want them to eat fresh by the bowlful!
    Lincolnshire
  • Glad to be of help @Janie B 😊 

    To clarify for those who are interested  … the cross -fertilisation of fruit trees is nothing to do with gender … each cherry flower contains both male and female parts. 

    However some varieties of orchard fruit have become self-sterile through hybridization … and these require the pollen of at least one other variety (sometimes two) of the same species in order to become fertilised. 

    When choosing varieties that will cross-fertilise each other, coinciding time of flowering is vital. 

    For those who are interested there’s more info and a diagram here 
    https://www.avasflowers.net/blog/how-flowers-become-fruit/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • cmarkrcmarkr Posts: 142
    Always worth considering going for AGM awarded cultivars. The below page lists them by fruiting time and had a lot of useful information on growing them. 

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/cherries/grow-your-own
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I was sure it was only the pink ones that produced fruit.
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