fruit shrub
Carmine Jewel bush cherry
A small-space tart cherry for pies, juice, and fresh snacking when fully ripe.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a-8a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Fruit, Curb appeal & color, Pollinators & wildlife, Privacy & screening, Low-maintenance natives
Harvest & Use
dark tart cherries in midsummer
Useful search phrase: Carmine Jewel cherry.
Plant Relationships
Understory Medium
Low alliums and long-blooming flowers can form a simple orchard-edge understory without competing heavily with young trees.