Prunus Hybrid, Bush Cherries

I suspect that the "Romance" series bush cherries recently released by the University of Saskatchewan ('Carmine Jewel', 'Romeo', 'Juliett...Read Moree', 'Cupid', 'Valentine', and 'Crimson Passion') have superseded the Meader bush cherries ('Jan', 'Joy', and 'Joel').

The former are hardier and produce better fruit. They are larger shrubs, and I can't say which are superior as landscape ornamentals.

A convenient sized shrub with cherry blossoms in spring and foliage color in autumn, plus edible fruit for jam/jelly or pies. And it requ...Read Moreires little or no maintenance in this area.

Rated neutral as new in my garden. It is a bush cherry, w/ edible fruit but grown primarily for ornamental purposes. The plant produces...Read More glorious pink blooms which virtually cover the entire plant. It produces sour cherries, good for pie baking. I tasted one straight off the plant and it was quite sour. The fruit is supposed to be ready for picking in June (in my zone 9) and you can tell when ready b/c fruit is a very dark red.

MAR 2018: changing rating to Positive as great performer in my garden. It grows in full sun, partial sun, dry soil, moist soil. Does well in all but performs best with more water. Beautiful pink blooms appear before foliage.