{"title":"Cherry \u0026 Plum Tree Seeds","description":"\u003cdiv data-mid=\"4428\" data-peer-id=\"8655075206\" data-timestamp=\"1775234600\" class=\"bubble hide-name is-in can-have-tail is-group-first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bubble-content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bubble-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"translatable-message\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloom, Fruit \u0026amp; Wildlife in One Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCherry and plum trees are among the most versatile and rewarding trees you can grow from seed. They deliver three things in one planting: spectacular spring flowers, fruit that feeds wildlife and humans alike, and some of the most beautiful bark and structure of any deciduous tree. Whether you are growing for ornament, wildlife, or harvest, there is a variety in this collection for every goal. If you are looking to buy cherry tree seeds, grow weeping cherry from seed, or establish a native wild plum for pollinators and wildlife, this collection brings together the full Prunus family in one place. Japanese Hill Cherry and Japanese Mountain Cherry are prized ornamental flowering trees that put on a stunning show every spring. Weeping Higan Cherry is one of the most dramatic spring-blooming trees in cultivation. Black Cherry is the most important native cherry in North America, producing fruit relied on by over 70 bird species. American Plum and Chickasaw Plum are tough, drought-tolerant natives that bloom early, feed pollinators, and produce fruit for jellies, wildlife, and foraging. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecies include: Black Cherry, Japanese Hill Cherry, Japanese Mountain Cherry, Weeping Higan Cherry, Sargent Cherry, Choke Cherry, American Plum, Chickasaw Plum, and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrow trees that bloom, feed, and endure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-plum-tree-seeds","title":"American Plum Tree Seeds | Wild Plum | (Prunus americana)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTart, wild, and worth every bite. The native plum that feeds everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus americana\u003c\/em\u003e, the American Plum, is the most widely distributed native plum in North America, a tough, thicket-forming small tree that produces clouds of fragrant white blossoms in early spring and heavy crops of small, tart, deeply flavored plums in late summer. It has fed Indigenous peoples, settlers, wildlife, and foragers for thousands of years and is still one of the most productive and ecologically valuable native trees you can plant. It grows on poor soils, tolerates drought, spreads by root suckers to form dense wildlife cover, and blooms early enough to be a critical first nectar source for pollinators in spring. If you are looking to buy American Plum seeds or grow native plum from seed, this is the edible native that asks for almost nothing and gives back more than you expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFragrant white blossoms in early spring among the earliest flowering native trees, critical for pollinators\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHeavy crops of small, tart, richly flavored plums used for jelly, wine, and fresh eating\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eNative across nearly the entire eastern and central United States, adaptable to a wide range of soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSpreads by root suckers to form dense wildlife cover and thicket habitat for birds and mammals\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExtremely drought-tolerant and low-maintenance once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eThings you probably did not know about the American Plum\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndigenous peoples selectively cultivated it long before European contact.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Evidence from archaeological sites across the Great Plains and Midwest shows that Native American communities maintained American Plum thickets near villages, transplanting suckers and protecting favored trees. The plums were dried for winter food, fermented into beverages, and the bark was used medicinally. It was one of the most deliberately managed native fruit plants in pre-contact North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe thickets it forms are some of the most important small mammal habitat available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  American Plum thickets, with their dense thorny branching and multiple stems, provide ideal nesting and escape cover for cottontail rabbits, quail, pheasant, and dozens of songbird species. Wildlife biologists recommend American Plum specifically for habitat plantings in areas where brushy cover has been reduced by intensive agriculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe early bloom is more important than most gardeners realize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  American Plum blooms in early to mid-spring, two to four weeks before most other native flowering trees, at the precise moment when queen bumblebees, mining bees, and early mason bees are emerging from winter dormancy and desperately need pollen and nectar. A single blooming American Plum tree can support the founding of dozens of native bee colonies that would otherwise struggle to establish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was selected and improved by horticulturists in the 1800s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  The American Plum was taken seriously as a rootstock and scion material by fruit breeders in the 19th century. Dozens of named varieties were selected for improved fruit size, sweetness, and flavor. The wild species remains the most adaptable and ecologically valuable, but the history of its cultivation by early American horticulturists is largely forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eGrowing Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prunus americana\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Required, 90 to 120 days cold moist stratification\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA Zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremely adaptable, tolerates poor, dry, rocky, or clay soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to partial shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 to 25 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 to 20 feet, spreads by root suckers to form thickets\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast, 1 to 2 feet per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePlant it at a field edge or hedgerow and let it spread. Within ten years you will have the kind of native thicket that wildlife managers spend thousands of dollars trying to create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"5 Seeds","offer_id":50593432666434,"sku":"AM-PLUM-5","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Seeds","offer_id":50593432699202,"sku":"AM-PLUM-10","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25 Seeds","offer_id":50593432731970,"sku":"AM-PLUM-25","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 Seeds","offer_id":50593432764738,"sku":"AM-PLUM-40","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 seeds","offer_id":50593432797506,"sku":"AM-PLUM-100","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/5456\/4674\/files\/American_Plum_Tree_Seeds.jpg?v=1758123296"},{"product_id":"weeping-higan-cherry-tree-seeds","title":"Weeping Higan Cherry Tree Seeds | Weeping Cherry | (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most graceful flowering tree in the temperate world. The one that stops everyone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus subhirtella\u003c\/em\u003e, the Weeping Higan Cherry, produces one of the most breathtaking ornamental displays available in any temperate garden, its long, arching, pendulous branches sweeping to the ground and covering themselves in pale pink to white blossoms in early spring, creating a curtain of color that moves in the gentlest wind and transforms every surrounding view. It blooms earlier than most other flowering cherries, sometimes while late frost is still a possibility, and the individual blossoms are smaller and more delicate than the large-flowered cultivated cherries, giving it a natural, refined quality that feels closer to something found in the wild than something bred in a nursery. Each seed-grown tree develops its own weeping form and bloom color, making every specimen unique. If you are looking to buy Weeping Cherry seeds or grow weeping higan cherry from seed, this is the tree whose first bloom will stop you in your tracks on a March morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePendulous weeping branches sweeping to the ground, covered in pale pink blossoms in early spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlooms earlier than most other flowering cherries, sometimes in late winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSmall, delicate individual blossoms with a refined, natural quality unlike large-flowered cultivated varieties\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrilliant orange and gold fall foliage, exceptional for a cherry\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEach seed-grown tree develops its own unique weeping form and flower color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Weeping Higan Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe original Higan Cherry at the Washington DC Tidal Basin is over 100 years old.\u003c\/strong\u003e The famous cherry trees of the National Mall were gifted to the United States by Japan in 1912, and among the first planting were Higan Cherry specimens that are still alive today. They are the oldest of the Washington cherry trees and represent an unbroken living connection to the original gift that created one of the most famous spring destinations in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigan means other shore in Japanese.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Higan Cherry is named after the Buddhist festival of Higan, observed twice yearly at the spring and autumn equinoxes, a time of reflection on the passage to the other shore of existence. The cherry blossoms, blooming at the spring equinox, were associated with the transience of beauty and life that is central to Japanese Buddhist philosophy. The name carries thousands of years of contemplative meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeed-grown Weeping Cherries cannot be predicted.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike clonally propagated nursery weeping cherries that are grafted and reproduced to a specific standard form, seed-grown \u003cem\u003ePrunus subhirtella\u003c\/em\u003e produces natural variation in weeping habit, flower color from white through pale and deep pink, bloom time, and ultimate size. Some seedlings will develop an exquisite strong weeping form, others a more open arching habit. 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Grown from seed, it becomes something entirely its own.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus serrulata\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese Hill Cherry, is the species at the heart of Japan's centuries-long tradition of ornamental cherry cultivation, the parent or ancestor of the great majority of named Japanese cherry cultivars and the tree whose wild form grows on mountain slopes throughout Japan, Korea, and China with flowers ranging from pure white through every shade of pink to near-red depending on the individual. Growing Japanese Hill Cherry from seed produces trees with natural genetic variation that no grafted nursery cultivar can provide, each seedling developing its own flower color, bloom timing, leaf color, and growth form that will not be known until the tree first flowers. It is also one of the most widely used cherry species in bonsai practice worldwide and produces the finest Japanese-quality cherry wood used in traditional craft. If you are looking to buy Japanese Hill Cherry seeds or grow ornamental cherry from seed, this is the most important cherry species in the history of ornamental horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe parent species of the great majority of named Japanese ornamental cherry cultivars\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNatural variation in seed-grown plants from pure white through all shades of pink to near-red flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne of the most important species in traditional Japanese and East Asian bonsai cultivation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrilliant copper-orange to crimson fall color that rivals the spring flower display in intensity\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNamed for its characteristic serrated leaf margins, serrulata, that distinguish it from other cherries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Japanese Hill Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Japanese word for cherry blossom, sakura, originally referred specifically to this species.\u003c\/strong\u003e While sakura is now used broadly for ornamental cherries in general, the original meaning of the term in classical Japanese literature referred specifically to the flowers of \u003cem\u003ePrunus serrulata\u003c\/em\u003e growing wild on mountain slopes. The cherry blossom viewing tradition called hanami began as a practice of walking into the mountains in spring to appreciate the wild sakura, not the cultivated street plantings that modern hanami primarily involves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wood has been used for traditional Japanese lacquerware for over a thousand years.\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese Cherry wood, called yamazakura, is prized by woodworkers for its fine grain, warm pink-brown color, and ability to take a high polish. Traditional Japanese lacquerware chests, known for being among the most refined decorative art objects in Japanese craft history, use yamazakura as the substrate beneath the lacquer. The warmth and grain of the wood contribute to the overall aesthetic even where covered by lacquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first Washington DC cherry trees were this species before they were replaced.\u003c\/strong\u003e The original cherry trees donated by Japan to Washington DC in 1912 included \u003cem\u003ePrunus serrulata\u003c\/em\u003e specimens. Many did not survive the subsequent decades, and subsequent plantings have been dominated by the Yoshino Cherry cultivar which is easier to propagate and more uniform in appearance. The wild species, with its greater genetic diversity and variability, represents what the original tree gift was drawn from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing from seed takes longer to bloom than grafted trees but produces longer-lived specimens.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grafted Japanese cherry trees typically bloom in 3 to 5 years. 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More beautiful than any of them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus serrulata var. spontanea\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese Mountain Cherry or Hill Cherry, is the wild species from which virtually all of Japan's celebrated ornamental cherry cultivars descend, the original flowering cherry that has grown on mountain slopes and forested hillsides across Japan for thousands of years and inspired centuries of horticulture, art, and poetry. While the cultivated varieties bred from it are spectacular, the wild species has qualities they cannot match: natural grace, unpredictable variation in flower color from white through pale pink, deep pink, and near-red, brilliant fall color in copper and crimson, and a rootedness in the landscape that grafted nursery trees with their controlled genetics never quite achieve. If you are looking to buy Japanese Mountain Cherry seeds or grow flowering cherry from seed, this is the ancestor of the entire Japanese cherry tradition grown in its original, unimproved form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe wild ancestor of virtually all Japanese ornamental cherry cultivars, grown for centuries in mountain forests\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNatural variation in flower color from pure white through pale pink to deep pink depending on the individual\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrilliant copper and crimson fall color that matches or exceeds the spring flower display\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDevelops a natural grace and character that clonally propagated nursery trees rarely achieve\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFragrant flowers in mid to late spring, attracting native bees and early pollinators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Japanese Mountain Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHanami, the Japanese tradition of flower viewing, was originally practiced under wild mountain cherries.\u003c\/strong\u003e The modern tradition of hanami, gathering beneath blooming cherry trees to celebrate the arrival of spring, originated in the Nara period over 1,200 years ago. 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Every flowering cherry in Washington DC's famous collection traces back to this wild species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wood is used in traditional Japanese lacquerware and woodworking.\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese Cherry wood, called yamazakura, is prized by craftspeople for its fine grain, warm pink-brown tone, and ability to take a high polish. Traditional Japanese lacquerware chests, sliding door panels, and decorative woodwork frequently use yamazakura as a substrate. The wood's natural color deepens with age into a rich reddish-brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach seed-grown tree is genetically unique.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlike the grafted nursery cherries that fill park plantings, every tree grown from spontanea seed expresses its own combination of characteristics. Flower color, bloom time, tree form, fall color, and growth habit all vary independently between individual seedlings. 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If you are looking to buy Black Cherry seeds or grow cherry trees from seed, this is the species that does the most ecological work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSmall dark cherries eaten by over 70 bird species during migration, one of the most important wildlife food trees in the East\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFragrant white flower racemes in spring attract native bees, butterflies, and pollinators\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHost plant for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars and over 200 other insect species\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOne of the most valuable domestic cabinet and furniture woods in North America\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFast-growing, adaptable native tree thriving across a wide range of soils and sites\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Black Cherry\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wood has been called the American mahogany.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Black Cherry timber develops a rich reddish-brown color that deepens with age and light exposure. It was the primary material for American furniture and cabinetry in the 18th and 19th centuries, prized for its smooth grain, attractive color, and ease of working. Antique American furniture identified as cherry is almost always Black Cherry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fruit is mildly toxic when not fully ripe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  The unripe fruit and wilted leaves of Black Cherry contain cyanogenic compounds that are toxic to horses and livestock. Ripe fruit is safe for wildlife and humans, and has been used for centuries to make cherry bounce, a whiskey-soaked preserve popular in colonial America. The key is knowing which stage you are dealing with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is one of the most important trees for fall migration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Warblers, thrushes, vireos, and dozens of other migratory songbirds time their fall migration routes to coincide with Black Cherry fruit ripening. 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The fragrant white flower spikes in spring are important early pollinator resources and the dense thickets that develop from root suckers provide critical nesting cover for songbirds. If you are looking to buy Chokecherry seeds or grow this native cherry from seed, this is the most productive and ecologically valuable native \u003cem\u003ePrunus\u003c\/em\u003e in North American horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProduces heavy crops of dark fruit eaten by over 70 bird species, one of the most important native wildlife fruit plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNative across the widest geographic range of any North American cherry, from coast to coast and Arctic to Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFragrant white flower spikes in spring, important early nectar source for native bees\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpreads by root suckers to form dense wildlife thickets providing nesting cover and food\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExtremely adaptable to poor soils, drought, cold, and disturbed sites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about the Chokecherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was the most important fruit in the diet of Plains Indigenous peoples.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chokecherries were harvested in enormous quantities across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region by every Indigenous nation within its range. The fruits were dried, pounded with dried meat and fat to make pemmican, and stored as a primary winter food. Its role in Plains Indigenous food culture rivals that of staple crops in other regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pits and leaves are poisonous but the fruit is not.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chokecherry pits, leaves, and bark contain prunasin, a cyanogenic glycoside that releases hydrogen cyanide when metabolized. Livestock have been poisoned by consuming wilted leaves. The fruit itself is safe, and the seeds are harmless when the fruit is properly processed through cooking or drying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe name comes from the raw eating experience.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fresh chokecherries produce an intensely astringent sensation that makes the mouth and throat feel constricted. Cooking or drying removes the tannins responsible, transforming the fruit into richly flavored jelly, syrup, and wine that are widely valued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt naturalizes faster than almost any other native Prunus.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chokecherry spreads aggressively by underground rhizomes and bird-dispersed seeds. A single planting can establish a productive thicket within a few years, making it a go-to species for wildlife habitat restoration and erosion control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prunus virginiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Required, 90 to 120 days cold moist stratification\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA Zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremely adaptable, tolerates poor, dry, rocky, or clay soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to partial shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 to 25 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 to 20 feet, spreading by root suckers to form thickets\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to fast, 1 to 2 feet per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlant it at a field edge, along a fence, or anywhere you want fast native cover that feeds birds starting in its second year. 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