When will my cherry blossom?

[spandit]

I've planted an avenue of 14 wild cherry down the drive and although they're all about 10' high (2 years old!) they're showing no signs of producing any blooms. A small almond I planted has beautiful blossom despite being about 4' tall.

 

Is it an age thing or do they have gender?

[Mark Bolam]

Have you talked to them?

You need to caress their butts.

[spandit]

Have you talked to them?

You need to caress their butts.

 

That's helpful, thanks...

[Mark Bolam]

Blossom is a sign of sexual maturity in a tree.

Don't go all Adam Jonhson on me.

[spandit]

Don't know who that is...

 

When do cherry trees reach puberty then?

[agg221]

Assuming these are not grafted trees, about 4-5yrs old is when they are likely to start to flower.

 

Alec

[Macca]

Blossom is a sign of sexual maturity in a tree.

Don't go all Adam Jonhson on me.

 

 

Hahahaha😂😂😂😂😂

[spandit]

Thanks, Alec, will have to wait a bit longer then.

 

Not sure what to make of the Adam Johnson reference, now that I've looked him up. I think I was being accused of treedophilia...

[Paul Cleaver]

lol - good thread

[IanW]

I've looked at growning cherry blossom trees and think they flower at about 10 years!

[Pinkfoot]

I've looked at growning cherry blossom trees and think they flower at about 10 years!

 

Two year old cherries will flower.

We grow plenty of them and if they have been grafted or budded , the wood that is used for working them will often be from mature trees , so the theory is that they will already be mature.

Quite often the buds we put on will flower before growing.

Picture is one years growth on a apricot