[strangerachael]

Anybody know when I can expect my cherry tree to blossom? I planted it last year as a one year old tree and obviously there was no blossom that year but I hoped I might get some this year. I assume the blossom appears before the leaves? There are lots of fat leaf buds but still no blossom

[scabs]

I bought a cheap morello from Aldi, it's about 4ft tall, planted it nearly three weeks ago and it started to blossom last week!

Bit worried, as there was a fros on Sunday morning, but it looks pretty good!




Not very helpful, sorry!

[mumofstig]

The big cherry tree at the bottom of my garden has fat buds but no flowers yet so don't worry. The first trees to blossom are always the wild cherries and damsons/sloes

[Babstreefern]

I have both a cherry and an apple tree, and neither have got any blossom as yet.  I'm not too worried, even though I moved them in November to their new site.  As long as they have buds, you know they're alive.

[strangerachael]

The big cherry tree at the bottom of my garden has fat buds but no flowers yet so don't worry. The first trees to blossom are always the wild cherries and damsons/sloes

I have a damson tree which has some buds which are clearly blossom as opposed to leaves, but the cherry only has leaf buds, no blossom buds. If, as I believe, blossom comes before leaves, does this mean that there will definitely be no blossom?

[sunshineband]

Our cherry tree has huge clusters of fat round buds.. flowers...and tiny tufts of leaf buds kind og inside the middle just poking through. Leaf buds seem to be thin shaped not round

[strangerachael]

I can now answer my own question for anyone who's interested... Sunshineband is right: the leaf buds are longer and pointier, the rounder, fatter buds each contain several flower buds. I wasn't expecting that at all!

[sunshineband]

That means you have fruit buds 

[strangerachael]

hooray!!!  hope the birds don't eat them first 

[sunshineband]

If the tree is not too big you cna drape old net curtians or something similar over it, especial when the cherries are almost ripe

[strangerachael]

It is a tiny tree - a dwarf one planted in a half barrel. But I would be surprised if the birds dared go for it - they hardly deign to eat the food we put out specially for them, and this tree is right by the kitchen window. Still, better not take any chances eh?

[sunshineband]

You get a good view of of it there too - ours is about 5 ft high now, not including the pot.