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Amber Heart cherry trees

Prunus avium
Amber Heart
Amber Heart is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.

Amber Heart cherry trees for sale

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree F12/1 rootstock £39.50
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)
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Order now for delivery from week commencing 11th December onwards where these items are showing as in stock.

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Amber Heart, or Kent Bigarreau as it is also widely known, is probably the most commercially important English "white" cherry. It has a pleasant and traditional flavour, noticeably different to modern cherries.

As its alternative name suggests, this variety was the mainstay of Kent cherry orchards during the first half of the 20th century.

"White" cherries are so-named because of their pale white-yellow flesh. The skin colour is usually golden yellow overlaid with orange and red.

How to grow

Amber Heart is not self-fertile, but can be pollinated by any of the modern self-fertile varieties - Stella or Sunburst for example.

Although commercially successful in its time, it has been replaced by newer varieties which are less prone to the fruit-cracking and canker problems.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

Amber Heart characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • PloidyDiploid
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
  • WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators

Using

  • Picking seasonMid
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
  • Food usesEating fresh

Problems

  • Disease resistancePoor
  • CankerVery susceptible
  • Fruit splittingSome susceptibility

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • Fruit colourYellow / Red