Cherry ‘Sweetheart’

Sweetheart is a popular, self-fertile sweet cherry – and the large fruit have a gorgeous flavour. White flowers appear in mid-spring and these are followed by large, sweet dark red cherries (darker than Stella). This is a late-cropping variety, so useful for extending the season. The fruits ripen over a few weeks so you don’t get a glut all at once and you can be picking well into September. The plants we sell are around 1.2-1.5m tall and 2-3 years old at the moment and will usually start to produce fruit in their third or fourth year.