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I am after a cherry tree for my rear garden.  It will probably go in the ground as opposed to pots & I hope to gain maximum yield from it, as well as brightening up the garden.  As I live in the North East and it is not as sunny as the south, am I restricted to variety?  ???   Suggestions please.

You might get away with a Morello?-a sour type best suited to cooking.

Cherries flower so early-whatever variety you will need to watch the weather and be ready to protect the blossom

Quote from: cleo on March 26, 2008, 13:04:04
You might get away with a Morello?-a sour type best suited to cooking.

Thanks, but I was hoping for a variety that is edible not cooked ???  My kids love fresh cheries from the supermarket.  I Should of been a bit more descriptive in my original post.

we grow stella..lovely sweet fruit, they can even be grown in a pot if on a dwarf root stock.
ours is in the ground, I cover with a bag to protect the blossom if it's frosty and take it off when we're at the plot..we're in the north west  :)

Just potted a Stella on dwarf stock last w.e.

Given that Stella does OK for manicscousers then yes that or `Inga`

And to follow up on the covering theme-fleece again when the fruit is not quite ripe or the birds will beat you to it

Quote from: cleo on March 26, 2008, 17:59:38
Given that Stella does OK for manicscousers then yes that or `Inga`

And to follow up on the covering theme-fleece again when the fruit is not quite ripe or the birds will beat you to it

Very important that my next door neighbour has one which she does not protect - 95% of the cherries are eaten by the birds !!!!

yes, luckily ours are in the fruit cage, just got another one, can't remember the name..will find out at the weekend and put it on here, it's budding up now so here's hoping  ;D

I also have a Stella. it is in a huge pot and doing very well, we have never covered it in the winter, it does very well for us XX Jeannine

Just ordered a Dwarf Stella from a company called BAKKER. (Not heard of them before.) Cost £16 inc P&P.