Item Number: FT080
Bing Cherry Tree
Bing Cherry Tree
The gold standard of cherries
Bing cherry trees are the epitome of classic cherry varieties, prized for their large, heart-shaped fruit and deep red color. The cherries have a firm texture and a rich, sweet flavor, making them a favorite for fresh eating, desserts, and preserves. As a mid-season producer, Bing cherries ripen in early summer, offering a plentiful harvest for weeks. While not self-fruitful, Bing requires a pollinator, such as Black Tartarian or Royal Lee, to ensure abundant fruit production. Thriving in sunny locations with well-draining soil, this tree requires moderate chill hours and is well-suited to regions with cold winters. With its vigorous growth, stunning spring blossoms, and reliable yields, Bing cherry trees are a staple in home orchards, bringing the joy of sweet, juicy cherries straight to your table.
Semi-dwarf on Maxma rootstock
Growing Zones: 5-8
Chill Requirements: Generally requires a significant amount of chill hours, around 800-900 hours, for optimal fruiting.
Bloom Time: Blooms in early to mid-spring.
Harvesting Dates: Harvesting typically occurs in early to mid-summer, usually around June.
Looks: Bing cherries are large, heart-shaped, and have a glossy deep red to almost black color when fully ripe.
Personality: Known for their sweet, rich flavor and juicy texture, making them a popular choice for fresh eating and canning.
Facts of Note: Bing cherries are a great source of vitamins and antioxidants, including vitamin C and potassium.
Pollinator: Usually requires cross-pollination from another compatible cherry variety for optimal fruit set.
Ideal Soil Temperatures: Soil temperatures between 50°F to 80°F (10°C to 27°C).
Planting Depths: Plant young trees at the same depth as they were growing in the nursery container.
Germination Periods: Typically grown from grafted trees rather than seeds. Cherry seeds can be challenging to germinate and may take several months under the right conditions.
Height at Maturity: Bing Cherry Trees can reach heights of around 15-30 feet at maturity.
Days to Maturity: Usually takes around 3-5 years for a tree to begin producing fruit after planting.
Sun/ Shade: Requires full sun for optimal growth and fruit production.
Spacing After Thinning: When planting, space Bing Cherry Trees 20-25 feet apart to allow for proper growth and airflow. Growing Bing Cherry Trees
Growing Bing Cherry Trees can be a rewarding endeavor, offering an abundance of dark, sweet cherries. Understanding the nuances of cultivating these trees, from their planting requirements to maintenance and harvest, ensures a bountiful yield of delicious fruit.
Understanding Bing Cherry Trees:
Varietal Traits: Bing cherries produce large, nearly black, firm, and juicy fruit with a superb sweet flavor.
Cultivation History: Bing cherries are widely cultivated worldwide, renowned for their rich, sweet taste, firm flesh, and versatility in various culinary pairings.
Pollination and Fruit Production
To ensure successful fruit production and a bountiful harvest of Bing cherries, it’s important to provide the right conditions for pollination. While the Bing cherry tree cannot self-pollinate, cross-pollination from compatible trees, such as Black Tartarian, is essential for optimal fruiting. Prunus avium Bing trees thrive in full sun with well-drained soil, where they can produce fruit and yield delicious cherries in the mid summer. When planting a bare root tree, make sure the root ball is undisturbed and the tree receives adequate care, including proper pruning to encourage horizontal branch growth.
Cultivating Bing Cherry Trees:
Planting Requirements: Opt for a location with full sun exposure, ensuring well-draining soil, and suitable hardiness zones (5-9).
Optimal Chill Hours: Bing cherry trees thrive with 700-900 chill hours, making them suitable for regions like the Pacific Northwest in the United States.
Tree Maintenance:
Pollination Needs: Cross-pollination from varieties like Black Tartarian, Van, Rainier, Stella, or Lapins enhances fruit production.
Pest Susceptibility: Cherries can be sensitive to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker. Protecting against these factors aids in maintaining tree health.
Harvesting Bing Cherries:
Harvest Period: Bing cherries typically ripen between May 20 and June 5, offering a window for picking the flavorful, juicy fruit.
Versatile Use: Ideal for fresh consumption, canning, freezing, and pairing with diverse flavors, from almonds to chocolate.
Challenges and Considerations:
Soil Sensitivity: Bing cherry trees dislike wet, tight soils and thrive in moderately cool summer climates, making them less adaptable to high humidity.
Maintenance and Care: Once established, these trees require minimal maintenance but may need protection against specific pests and environmental conditions.
Growing Bing Cherry Trees requires careful consideration of their environmental needs, from suitable climate conditions to pollination partners. With proper care and maintenance, these trees can offer a delectable bounty of dark, sweet cherries, making them a valuable addition to any home orchard.
Culinary Uses and Recipes for Bing Cherries
Bing cherries are perfect for a variety of culinary uses due to their sweet flavor and firm texture. After harvesting Bing cherries in mid-summer, you can enjoy them for fresh eating, or use them in pies, tarts, jams, and sauces. These delicious cherries are also great for incorporating into desserts like ice cream or sorbets. Whether fresh or preserved, Prunus avium Bing cherries bring rich flavor to any dish, and their versatility in the kitchen makes them a favorite. For the best results, ensure your Bing cherry tree receives full sun and well-drained soil to produce fruit year after year.
Why Buy Bing Cherry Tree From Us?
When you buy a Bing cherry tree from us, you’re getting a high-quality bare root tree that will thrive in your garden, producing delicious cherries for fresh eating and preserves. Our Prunus avium Bing trees are shipped dormant and are ideal for planting in well-drained soil with full sun exposure, ensuring healthy growth and robust fruit production. With the right care, including providing a planting site that encourages horizontal branch growth, you’ll enjoy the sweet flavor of Bing cherries in mid-summer and benefit from the tree’s ability to cross-pollinate with compatible varieties like Black Tartarian.
Visit our Fruit Tree Central for a listing of all our fruit tree videos and articles.
Visit Tree Characteristics for a listing of all our fruit & nut tree growing characteristics.
Check out some of our other bare root products here: Tree Collections
Other useful tree propagating tools can be found here: Grafting and Propagation Supplies
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Description
Description
Bing cherry trees are the epitome of classic cherry varieties, prized for their large, heart-shaped fruit and deep red color. The cherries have a firm texture and a rich, sweet flavor, making them a favorite for fresh eating, desserts, and preserves. As a mid-season producer, Bing cherries ripen in early summer, offering a plentiful harvest for weeks. While not self-fruitful, Bing requires a pollinator, such as Black Tartarian or Royal Lee, to ensure abundant fruit production. Thriving in sunny locations with well-draining soil, this tree requires moderate chill hours and is well-suited to regions with cold winters. With its vigorous growth, stunning spring blossoms, and reliable yields, Bing cherry trees are a staple in home orchards, bringing the joy of sweet, juicy cherries straight to your table.
Semi-dwarf on Maxma rootstock
Growing Zones: 5-8
Chill Requirements: Generally requires a significant amount of chill hours, around 800-900 hours, for optimal fruiting.
Bloom Time: Blooms in early to mid-spring.
Harvesting Dates: Harvesting typically occurs in early to mid-summer, usually around June.
Looks: Bing cherries are large, heart-shaped, and have a glossy deep red to almost black color when fully ripe.
Personality: Known for their sweet, rich flavor and juicy texture, making them a popular choice for fresh eating and canning.
Facts of Note: Bing cherries are a great source of vitamins and antioxidants, including vitamin C and potassium.
Pollinator: Usually requires cross-pollination from another compatible cherry variety for optimal fruit set.
Ideal Soil Temperatures: Soil temperatures between 50°F to 80°F (10°C to 27°C).
Planting Depths: Plant young trees at the same depth as they were growing in the nursery container.
Germination Periods: Typically grown from grafted trees rather than seeds. Cherry seeds can be challenging to germinate and may take several months under the right conditions.
Height at Maturity: Bing Cherry Trees can reach heights of around 15-30 feet at maturity.
Days to Maturity: Usually takes around 3-5 years for a tree to begin producing fruit after planting.
Sun/ Shade: Requires full sun for optimal growth and fruit production.
Spacing After Thinning: When planting, space Bing Cherry Trees 20-25 feet apart to allow for proper growth and airflow. Growing Bing Cherry Trees
Growing Bing Cherry Trees can be a rewarding endeavor, offering an abundance of dark, sweet cherries. Understanding the nuances of cultivating these trees, from their planting requirements to maintenance and harvest, ensures a bountiful yield of delicious fruit.
Understanding Bing Cherry Trees:
Varietal Traits: Bing cherries produce large, nearly black, firm, and juicy fruit with a superb sweet flavor.
Cultivation History: Bing cherries are widely cultivated worldwide, renowned for their rich, sweet taste, firm flesh, and versatility in various culinary pairings.
Pollination and Fruit Production
To ensure successful fruit production and a bountiful harvest of Bing cherries, it’s important to provide the right conditions for pollination. While the Bing cherry tree cannot self-pollinate, cross-pollination from compatible trees, such as Black Tartarian, is essential for optimal fruiting. Prunus avium Bing trees thrive in full sun with well-drained soil, where they can produce fruit and yield delicious cherries in the mid summer. When planting a bare root tree, make sure the root ball is undisturbed and the tree receives adequate care, including proper pruning to encourage horizontal branch growth.
Cultivating Bing Cherry Trees:
Planting Requirements: Opt for a location with full sun exposure, ensuring well-draining soil, and suitable hardiness zones (5-9).
Optimal Chill Hours: Bing cherry trees thrive with 700-900 chill hours, making them suitable for regions like the Pacific Northwest in the United States.
Tree Maintenance:
Pollination Needs: Cross-pollination from varieties like Black Tartarian, Van, Rainier, Stella, or Lapins enhances fruit production.
Pest Susceptibility: Cherries can be sensitive to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker. Protecting against these factors aids in maintaining tree health.
Harvesting Bing Cherries:
Harvest Period: Bing cherries typically ripen between May 20 and June 5, offering a window for picking the flavorful, juicy fruit.
Versatile Use: Ideal for fresh consumption, canning, freezing, and pairing with diverse flavors, from almonds to chocolate.
Challenges and Considerations:
Soil Sensitivity: Bing cherry trees dislike wet, tight soils and thrive in moderately cool summer climates, making them less adaptable to high humidity.
Maintenance and Care: Once established, these trees require minimal maintenance but may need protection against specific pests and environmental conditions.
Growing Bing Cherry Trees requires careful consideration of their environmental needs, from suitable climate conditions to pollination partners. With proper care and maintenance, these trees can offer a delectable bounty of dark, sweet cherries, making them a valuable addition to any home orchard.
Culinary Uses and Recipes for Bing Cherries
Bing cherries are perfect for a variety of culinary uses due to their sweet flavor and firm texture. After harvesting Bing cherries in mid-summer, you can enjoy them for fresh eating, or use them in pies, tarts, jams, and sauces. These delicious cherries are also great for incorporating into desserts like ice cream or sorbets. Whether fresh or preserved, Prunus avium Bing cherries bring rich flavor to any dish, and their versatility in the kitchen makes them a favorite. For the best results, ensure your Bing cherry tree receives full sun and well-drained soil to produce fruit year after year.
Why Buy Bing Cherry Tree From Us?
When you buy a Bing cherry tree from us, you’re getting a high-quality bare root tree that will thrive in your garden, producing delicious cherries for fresh eating and preserves. Our Prunus avium Bing trees are shipped dormant and are ideal for planting in well-drained soil with full sun exposure, ensuring healthy growth and robust fruit production. With the right care, including providing a planting site that encourages horizontal branch growth, you’ll enjoy the sweet flavor of Bing cherries in mid-summer and benefit from the tree’s ability to cross-pollinate with compatible varieties like Black Tartarian.
Visit our Fruit Tree Central for a listing of all our fruit tree videos and articles.
Visit Tree Characteristics for a listing of all our fruit & nut tree growing characteristics.
Check out some of our other bare root products here: Tree Collections
Other useful tree propagating tools can be found here: Grafting and Propagation Supplies
About Cherries: Cherries are a practical fruit for home orchards where climate and soil conditions are suitable. Once established, they require little maintenance and are reliable producers. They are best adapted to areas where summers are moderately cool. The trees dislike high humidity. They are usually the last fruit to bloom and first to ripen. Most varieties require a pollenizer. Sweet cherries can reach 25-30 feet tall in deep soils. Sensitive to wet, tight soils. Susceptible to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker. Browse all our cherry trees for sale.
Please Note: Although most of our bare-root trees arrive to our warehouse in mid-December, there are a few varieties that will not arrive until mid-January. If you order any of those varieties along with varieties that arrive in mid-December, your order will be delayed for shipment until mid-January. If you'd like us to split your shipments, please contact us at (888) 784-1722 or orderdesk@groworganic.com. Additional shipping charges will apply.
Shipping Information
Shipping Information
Cannot ship to the following states: HI, AK, PR, GU, VI
Shipping Weight: 5.0 lb
Dimensions: 55.5"L x 7.3"W x 2.75"H
Features
Features
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- Suited to Cold Climates
Characteristics
Characteristics
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Useful Information
Useful Information
Guarantee
Guarantee
Limited Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee
* Claim deadline is June 15th
We guarantee that your dormant tree or plant will arrive in good, viable condition. If your tree arrives in substandard condition, notify us within 3 days of delivery. Please email pictures of the box, inside packaging, the tree and its roots to helpdesk@groworganic.com. We will investigate your claim and process a request to exchange or refund the damaged product.
If your dormant tree or plant has not grown new leaves by June 15th, you may be eligible for our Limited Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee. This guarantee provides for a store credit for the purchase price of the tree, excluding shipping. Please see the Instructions below.
Important Dates:
- April 1st Dormant trees/plants must be planted in the ground
- May 15th Perform scratch test, if no new leaves have grown
- June 15th Deadline to apply for a dormant tree/plant credit
All required documentation must be received by June 15th for your claim to be considered. Claims or documentation received after June 15th will be denied, without exception. Instructions listed below
Terms and Conditions
We cannot guarantee that your tree or plant will remain alive and healthy after it is received, or bear fruit as there are too many variables in your environment that are beyond our control (i.e. soil preparation, weed and pest control, proper irrigation, chill hours, compatible hardiness for your growing zone, proper choice of pollinator, extreme weather, rodent damage, disease, etc.).
We cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide a replacement tree/plant of the same species either that same growing season or in future years. Customers are responsible for all shipping fees associated with replacement trees and plants.
If we determine that the tree you purchased directly from us is not viable, we will issue you a store credit (not a refund) for the purchase price of the affected dormant tree or plant. Shipping is not included in the dormant tree/plant guarantee. Store credits can be used to purchase any product we sell and are valid for use only until July 1st of the following year.
Historically, 98% of our dormant trees and plants grow and thrive when they have been cared for and planted using our growing guides. Dormant trees and plants must be planted in the ground by April 1st in order to be eligible for credit. If the ground in your area is still frozen solid, you may temporarily plant your tree or plant in a pot.
Potted, non-dormant trees or plants are excluded from this guarantee as they are not dormant at the time of shipment. Evergreen trees such as citrus, avocado and olive trees are not available for credit under the Dormant Tree and Plant Guarantee.
Instructions
We guarantee that your dormant fruit tree or plant will leaf out, if you care for it according to our growing guides. In the unlikely event that your dormant tree or plant does not have leaves by May 15th, follow these simple steps to apply for a store credit:
Before you call or email, please perform a “scratch test” to determine if the tree or plant is still alive. This video shows how to check for live tissue under the bark. Scratch tests need to be done a few inches above and below the graft.
Green Cambium Layer / Living Trees
If the cambium layer under the bark is green, give your tree a little more time. It is still alive, but hasn’t come out of dormancy yet. Check to make sure that it is getting the right amount of deep root water, enough sunlight and that the weather is warm enough for that type of tree/plant to come out of dormancy. Every tree has its own personality and will come out of dormancy at different times. Be sure to submit the required documentation listed below by June 15th, if it doesn’t grow leaves.
Brown Cambium Layer / Dead Trees
If the scratch test shows a brown cambium layer or if your dormant tree/plant doesn’t have leaves by June 1st, please email us at helpdesk@groworganic.com. All required documentation listed below must be received by June 15th for your claim to be considered. To be considered for the guarantee claim, all required documentation must be received by June 15th. Incomplete submissions will be denied.
Required Documentation
- Order number
- Name of dormant tree/plant and the quantity affected
- Photos of each tree or plant showing:
- The roots (tree or plant must be pulled out of the ground)
- The scratch test areas
- The entire tree/plant
We reserve the right to not issue credit for items that have already been replaced. We also reserve the right to require photographic evidence that the tree/plant was not killed by root rot, rodent or mechanical damage.
