Cherry not in bloom yet

paul.nicklin · April 2023

Hi all, can anyone help, we have a cherry tree in the garden along with a plum both were planted 5-6 years ago.
For the last 4 years both trees have set blossom and lost that blossom by the end of April leaving us with a couple of kgs of fruit each.
This year both trees still have not blossomed although there is evidence that buds are forming yet trees of the same type all appear to haveblossomed lost the blossom and getting on with developing fruit.
I havent pruned the trees or sprayed with insecticide and wondered are the trees dying, they look healthy but no blossom still.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions

nutcutlet · April 2023

are there leaves or growing leaf buds? and do any leaves look normal

borgadr · April 2023

Which part of the country are you in? Mine have only just started this weekend, and I'm down in southeast Kent. Feels like everything is a little late this year.

Fairygirl · April 2023

They're only just starting to flower round here. Fairly normal for us, but it'll depend where you are, as many people felt the winter was colder than usual, especially further south.
There's one which started flowering a little while earlier- different variety probably, and it was hit by the same type of cold spell again in March so the blossom didn't last as well as it normally does. Shame as it's a very nice specimen.
It could be a similar situation for your trees @paul.nicklin.

paul.nicklin · April 2023

Hi a couple of local gardens to ours have cherry trees that have blossomed a lready which prompted me to ask, youd think the same micro climate would apply to us as well, i will leave it for another couple of weeks and see what transpires

Fairygirl · April 2023

They [the other local trees] could be different varieties @paul.nicklin , hence my comment. The tree I mentioned is in a populated, residential area and there are other cherry trees not far away

Give them a couple of weeks, and if there's still no sign, you can post some photos and perhaps we can offer further help/advice. As it's both of your trees, it does sound more like a climactic problem than anything else

Nanny Beach · April 2023

SE Sussex,no the winter wasn't long or cold. Our biggest one flowered a week ago,and my FB memory showed exactly the same last year.

Fairygirl · April 2023

Funnily enough - when I was out for my walk this morning, I was reminded of this thread when I passed a block of flats which has a row of cherry trees along the boundary. You could see the foliage starting to come through, but also - the shrivelled remains of the emerging buds. They normally look great when in flower. Directly across the road is a house with a cherry in it's front boundary - same scenario with the foliage, but the buds had started to open, and failed. They'll likely go the same way as the ones outside the flats, but it shows that they don't always flower at the same time, and some will manage while others don't

The spell in early March wasn't as severe or prolonged as the December one, only down to minus 9 or so, and icy/frosty for about a week, but it's the timing of it that made the difference to those emerging buds/flowers.

bcpathome · April 2023

Same with my apple and plum trees . Only just beginning to show blossom . They are at least 3-4 weeks behind usual .

Fairygirl · April 2023

The timing here is normal, as we're around 3 or 4 weeks later here, but the spell in March has affected potential flowering. The mild winter added to it as many plants were slightly further on than they would normally be.

Cherry not in bloom yet

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