Pollination of Black Elton cherry trees

Pollination partner cherry varieties in our catalogue

1. Black Oliver

   A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root F12/1

2. Celeste

   Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Early season

   Stock availability: sold out

3. Lapins

   Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root Gisela 5
   • 2-year bush-trained bare-root Colt
   • Half-standard bare-root Colt

4. Merton Glory

   A well-known mid-season English white cherry.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root Gisela 5
   • 2-year bush-trained pot-grown Colt

5. Napoleon Bigarreau

   A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 1  Self-sterile  Cherry group: 2  Picking season: Early season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root F12/1

6. Penny

   Penny is a high quality very late-season black cherry - it ripens in mid-August.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Very-Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 2-year patio-tree pot-grown Gisela 5

7. Regina

   Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Cherry group: 2  Picking season: Late season

   Stock availability:

   • Spindlebush bare-root Gisela 5

8. Summer Sun

   Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root Gisela 5
   • Half-standard bare-root Colt
   • Half-standard premium pot-grown Colt

9. Tamara

   Tamara has probably the largest fruit size of any of the cherry varieties we offer.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

   Stock availability:

   • Spindlebush bare-root Gisela 5