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Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Prunus avium 'Musketeers Porthos'

 

Cherry Bush 'Musketeers Porthos'

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. 'Porthos' 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

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plant Features
  • Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Cherry Bush 'Musketeers Porthos'

Latin name

Prunus avium 'Musketeers Porthos'

type

Deciduous trees or shrubs

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Cherry Bush Musketeers Porthos is 2.00meters x 2.00meters 2.00 M 2.00 M

Prunus avium 'Musketeers Porthos'

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. 'Porthos' 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.

 
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