Our wild cherry trees have just started to flower, the flowers open just before the leaves, the fruit are produced in autumn and are red and sometimes sweet but mostly bitter. Birds love the fruit and can strip the tree of fruit in a day. The bark is reddish brown and the wood is dense and strong and used in furniture making and wood turning. Ornamental cherry blossom is grafted onto the rootstock of wild cherry.
Photos by Diane Purtell.
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