Prunus avium 'Musketeers Athos'
Cherry Bush 'Musketeers Athos'
Prunus is a genus of flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, including cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and almonds. They can be grown as trees, or trained as fans or espaliers against walls or fences. Some are self-fertile, and will bear fruit without a pollinating partner. Some varieties are grown just for their flowers, ('flowering', or 'ornamental' cherries), and others for their fruit. 'Athos' is a cherry bush - a naturally dwarf cultivar, with its own roots, not grafted,.and growing to a height of only around 6' - making it easy to reach the fruit for harvesting, and easier to net to protect the fruit from birds. The fruit are dark red and sweet. The bush is self-fertile, so no pollinator required. It branches out from the base. Can be kept very compact by pruning. Can be grown in a container
Contributed by @raregold71
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Light and free draining
Common name
Cherry Bush 'Musketeers Athos'
Latin name
Prunus avium 'Musketeers Athos'
type
Deciduous trees or shrubs
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
2.00 M
Prunus avium 'Musketeers Athos'
Prunus is a genus of flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, including cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and almonds. They can be grown as trees, or trained as fans or espaliers against walls or fences. Some are self-fertile, and will bear fruit without a pollinating partner. Some varieties are grown just for their flowers, ('flowering', or 'ornamental' cherries), and others for their fruit. 'Athos' is a cherry bush - a naturally dwarf cultivar, with its own roots, not grafted,.and growing to a height of only around 6' - making it easy to reach the fruit for harvesting, and easier to net to protect the fruit from birds. The fruit are dark red and sweet. The bush is self-fertile, so no pollinator required. It branches out from the base. Can be kept very compact by pruning. Can be grown in a container
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Cherries prefer deep, fertile and well-drained soil with pH 6.5-6.7. They dislike shallow, sandy or badly drained soils. Acid cherries tolerate some shade and are suitable as fan-trained trees against north-facing walls or fences, or as open centred bush trees. Best planted in full sunlight.
raregold71