Prunus avium Seeds | Rainier Cherry Tree

Rainier Cherry seeds (Prunus avium)

LATIN NAME: Prunus avium

COMMON NAME: Rainier Cherry

Plant Profile

Rainier Cherry (Prunus avium) is a tree in the rose family. The Rainier cherry loads its branches with large, yellow-red fruits, and white blossoms open thickly in early spring. It is a tree of open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground. Not many plants ask so little and repay so much.

Science & Biotechnology

The species features in the wider study of the rose family, and its traits make it a useful subject for work on germination biology, cultivation and ornamental selection. Gardeners benefit directly from its long cultivation: what the plant will do in a garden is well understood.

Uses & Benefits

Gardeners value Rainier Cherry for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. The Rainier cherry is a fine, historic tree of orchard and the garden. It is a fine, historic tree of open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden. Give young trees deep, well-drained ground and sun, and they will settle in the first years. A plant that has settled in will get along with only routine care.

The rose family’s great fruit genus gives plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds, all carotenoid- and polyphenol-rich; in Chinese medicine the kernels and fruits, from Xing Ren for coughs to Yu Li Ren for regularity, are classical herbs, always processed to manage their cyanogenic compounds.

Growing from Seed

Starting Rainier Cherry from seed is simple and satisfying. Level a tray of loose seed compost, sow evenly, cover to about the seed’s own depth, and keep it moist in full light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.

Our Take

Rainier Cherry earns its space through character rather than fuss. Plant it in sun with drainage to its liking and the rest is easy.

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