Felt cherry in the photo - perfect beauty

Felt cherry in the photo looks very delicate and beautiful, especially when it is all in bloom. On a sunny day, its delicate aroma attracts many insects that buzz monotonously, creating a pleasant country atmosphere around.

Advantages of cherries:

- this shrub reaches only three meters in height, so it is very convenient to collect;

- decorative (very beautiful in different periods, in different ways);

- stable harvest;

- high frost resistance;

- early fruiting (two weeks earlier than regular cherries).

It is advisable to plant felt cherries in early spring, before the buds open, but you can plant them in the fall, until September inclusive. Peat bogs or heavy waterlogged soil are not suitable for this cherry, but sandy loam and loamy light soils are suitable. It is advisable to plant it in a sunny place on a hill. Cherries need to be fertilized after flowering, and be sure to thin out the crown, leaving up to twelve strong shoots.

In summer, cherries ripen with bright, tasty, juicy, round or oval fruits. The color of the berries depends on the cherry variety - from pink to dark red. And the felt cherry bears fruit very profusely, often in the third year and then annually. If you take good care of the cherry, you can harvest up to four kg of fruit from it.

The felt cherry in the photo demonstrates how many fruits ripen on one branch. It must be taken into account that the fruits are very delicate and do not tolerate transportation well; if they need to be transported, it is better to collect unripe fruits.

However, from the sixth year the felt cherry reduces the yield and gradually stops bearing fruit by the age of twelve. Therefore, when the cherry reaches seven years of age, you need to plant its seeds in open ground so that a new planting appears.