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Sunburst cherry trees

£38.75 - £64.50
Sunburst sweet cherries
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Sunburst is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

Sunburst is a good modern self-fertile cherry variety, with delicate flesh, and a good sweet mild cherry flavour. It is also easy to pick the large fruits.

It can be considered an improved version of the popular Stella cherry, to which it is closely related and shares many of its good qualities.

Sunburst cherry trees for sale

Pot-grown

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

  • PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree, Gisela 5 rootstock£64.50
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, Colt rootstock£58.75
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • PG3Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree, Colt rootstock£62.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree,Colt rootstock£38.75
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree,Colt rootstock£47.25< 5 in stock
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR32-year half-standard bare-root tree,Colt rootstock£51.00
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

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Tree specification

Photos of trees as supplied | Tree sizes and forms

Next deliveries

Delivery from 8th January 2026 onwards.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Sunburst is a precocious cherry variety, and starts bearing fruit within 2-4 years.

It is self-fertile, but if you want another cherry for pollination its flowering period exactly matches that of Stella.

History

Sunburst was developed by the Summerland research station in British Columbia, Canada and released in 1965. It is a cross between Van and Stella.

 

 


Sunburst characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates

Using

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

Identification

  • Country of originCanada
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • Fruit colourRed

British-grown trees Trees grown in the UK.

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. Find out more.

Guaranteed fruit trees

When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions. Find out more.


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