Summer Sun

• Picking season: Mid
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile

Summer Sun is a modern English dark red cherry variety with firm crisp flesh and a good flavor. It is one of the best cherry varieties for the UK, being a reliable cropper even if the summer weather is indifferent.

Prunus avium

Summer Sun cherry trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  Gisela 5 rootstock
  Small size (2m-2.5m after 10 years)
  

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• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  Colt rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

How to grow

Summer Sun is not fully self-fertile, although it will usually set a crop on its own - however you will get better results if there is another compatible variety nearby such as Stella or Van or Lapins. Summer Sun is itself a good pollinator of other cherry varieties.

Summer Sun grows with a compact spreading habit - if you select the Gisela 5 rootstock it makes a good choice for smaller gardens.

History

Developed in the 1960s at the John Innes research institute, Norfolk UK.

Summer Sun characteristics

• Picking seasonMid
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1-3 days
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forEating fresh
• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersGood
• VigourAverage vigour
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Disease resistanceGood
• Climate typeTemperate climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Frost resistance of blossomGood resistance
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourRed
• AwardsRHS Award of Garden Merit