{"product_id":"cherry-black-boy-prunus-avium","title":"Black Boy Cherry - Prunus avium ‘Black Boy’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBlack Boy Cherry - Prunus avium ‘Black Boy’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Black Boy’ is one of the old dark-fruited sweet cherries long grown in southern Australian orchards, producing near-black, deep red fleshed fruit in the mid to late part of the season. As a tree, \u003cem\u003ePrunus avium\u003c\/em\u003e is upright and vigorous with glossy serrated leaves, peeling banded bark and a heavy load of white blossom in early spring. Cherries demand real winter chill and genuinely free draining soil, and given both they become long-lived, handsome garden trees rather than short-term crops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Black Boy Cherry\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFruit Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very dark, almost black skin over deep red flesh, sweet and rich rather than delicate.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeason\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mid to late in the cherry window, extending harvest past the earlier varieties.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpring Blossom\u003c\/strong\u003e: Clouds of white flowers before leaf out make it a genuinely ornamental tree.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBark Interest\u003c\/strong\u003e: Glossy, banded, horizontally marked bark that peels in strips as the trunk thickens.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTree Longevity\u003c\/strong\u003e: Well sited sweet cherries crop for decades and grow into substantial garden trees.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCool climate home orchard\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suited to Tasmania, Victoria, the New South Wales tablelands, the Adelaide Hills and similar chill districts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrnamental fruit tree\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted where the blossom is visible, it earns its keep before the fruit arrives.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrchard row with a pollinator\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grown beside a compatible sweet cherry to guarantee fruit set.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNetted fruit cage or espalier\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trained flat or kept low so the crop can be netted against birds.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m in a close orchard row\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 7m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Winter, while fully dormant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep, fertile, sharply drained loam, cherries fail quickly in heavy or waterlogged soil, neutral to slightly acid pH suits\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply and consistently through the first two summers, but avoid heavy irrigation close to harvest since a sudden drink splits ripening fruit. Mulch widely, prune only in dry late summer weather to reduce bacterial canker, and plan for bird netting before the first real crop.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 6m, more on vigorous rootstock and less if pruned open\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deciduous\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e A cultivar of a species from Europe and western Asia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795383320862,"sku":"ND-0421-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/0A97R0BaqQvw6XvFG0vul_Ce5RunPq.jpg?v=1787314718","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/cherry-black-boy-prunus-avium","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}