Prunus serotina | Wild Black Cherry | Tree

Prunus serotina belongs to the plant family ROSACEĈ and Genus Prunus This Tree prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Prunus serotina does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Prunus serotina so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Prunus serotina wild black cherry is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Prunus serotina | Wild Black Cherry is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).

Prunus serotina has flowers that are overpoweringly perfume scented. Wild black cherry can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -40° Fahrenheit. It needs soil that is dry. This plant is drought tolerant.

Prunus serotina will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.

Prunus serotina is a woody perennial. Wild black cherry is deciduous in nature.

Flowers of the plant Prunus serotina have a smell of exceedingly fragrant and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Perfume | Overpowering

This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 90' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page

Prunus serotina has been used in traditional herbal healing as either an astringent or an irritable bowel relief. Traditional medicinal remedies are made from the inner bark. The bark is toxic in overdose.

"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.

"The Fragrant Garden.  A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974.  Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.

"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.