Hansen's Bush Cherry

Easy-To-Pick Shrub Variety

(14 customer reviews)

As handsome and hardy as fruiting shrubs come! The branches are covered with pure white flowers in May, absolutely loaded with purplish-black fruit in July. Grows 4-5 ft. tall and bears at an early age. For best yield, plant two or more. Zones 3-8.
Not available in AE AK GU HI OR PR.

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Zones: 2 - 8 (-50° F.)
Height: 4-5 ft
Spacing: 4-5 ft
Depth: same as in the nursery
Spread: 4-5 ft
Sun/Shade: full sun
Pollinator: Self-pollinating
Yield: 2-4 quarts
Color: White
Foliage: Silvery green to crimson in the fall
Blooms: May

Fruit: Purplish-black fruit
Comments: Fruit has a tart, tangy flavor. Grows well on sandy hills, rocky slopes, and lakeshores. Excellent wildlife plant. Drought tolerant. Also called 'Sandcherry'. RESTRICTED STATES, AE, AK, GU, HI, OR ,PR
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- Saturday, July 17, 2010
taste is bad
Reviewed By: Irina (Denver, CO)
This bush is suitable only as decorative. Taste of cherries is bad. I am going to get rid of those cherry bushes and replase them with something else. It is wasted time and money to grow them.

- Friday, June 20, 2008
Hansen's Pie Cherrys
Reviewed By: Wayne Cunningham (Clovis, CA)
I planted 6 bushes 2 yrs ago and according to instructions they will fruit in the 2 yr. They did I pick about 2+ lbs of them and I plan on picking some more as they ripen. The taste is not what I exspected I was looking for something in the line of Black Cherries. The Hansen are juicy and small & for me I think they be better used for pies and jellies. Some of the berries are a little to tart for my taste. But that just me I am sure with a little sweeter & a preboil they make great pie fillings and or jams/jellies. Over all I give them 7 out of 10 on scale.

- Thursday, May 14, 2009
Good flavor
Reviewed By: Robert Keller (Melvin, Iowa)
I planted a row of these in 1993. They eventually got crowded out by evergreens and the rabbits also chewed them off. They were better flavored and larger than the Nanking. I am reordering and will have to find a way to keep the rabbits out, possibly starve the cats during the winter or buy mass quantities of rat poison on sale.

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