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Pollination of Sunburst cherry trees

Sunburst (Prunus avium)  is in flowering group 4. Sunburst is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Sunburst in our catalogue

  • Amber Heart

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    The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Not self-fertile
    • Picking: Mid
    • Athosin stock

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      A natural dwarf sweet cherry tree, unlikely to get much bigger than 2m.
      • Flowering group: 3
      • Self-fertile
      • Picking: Mid
      • Available rootstocks:
      • Own-roots
    • Black Oliver

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      A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
      • Flowering group: 3
      • Not self-fertile
      • Picking: Mid
      • Colney

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        Colney is a large modern late-season English dessert cherry, dark red/black, with a good flavour.
        • Flowering group: 3
        • Not self-fertile
        • Picking: Late
        • Hertford

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          A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
          • Flowering group: 3
          • Not self-fertile
          • Picking: Late
          • Knight's Early Black

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            A traditional English early-season black cherry
            • Flowering group: 3
            • Not self-fertile
            • Picking: Early
            • Kordiain stock

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              Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
              • Flowering group: 4
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Late
              • Available rootstocks:
              • Gisela 5
            • Napoleon Bigarreau

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              A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.
              • Flowering group: 5
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Early
              • Pennyin stock

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                Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
                • Flowering group: 3
                • Not self-fertile
                • Picking: Very late
                • Available rootstocks:
                • Gisela 5
              • Regina

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                Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
                • Flowering group: 5
                • Not self-fertile
                • Picking: Late
                • Skeena

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                  One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries.
                  • Flowering group: 3
                  • Self-fertile
                  • Picking: Late
                  • Stardustin stock

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                    Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.
                    • Flowering group: 4
                    • Good pollinator
                    • Self-fertile
                    • Picking: Early
                    • Available rootstocks:
                    • Gisela 5
                  • Summer Sunin stock

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                    Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
                    • Flowering group: 3
                    • Good pollinator
                    • Partially self-fertile
                    • Picking: Mid
                    • Available rootstocks:
                    • Gisela 5
                    • Colt
                  • Sweetheartin stock

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                    Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
                    • Flowering group: 3
                    • Good pollinator
                    • Self-fertile
                    • Picking: Late
                    • Available rootstocks:
                    • Colt
                  • Sylviain stock

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                    Sylvia produces large dark red sweet cherries, ripening in the middle of the cherry season. It is a naturally small tree and grows with a columnar form, useful if space is limited.
                    • Flowering group: 4
                    • Not self-fertile
                    • Picking: Mid
                    • Available rootstocks:
                    • Colt