Golden Sphere cherry plum trees
Prunus x cerasifera As the name suggests this modern cherry plum variety features golden yellow spherical fruit. They make a pretty sight as they ripen on the tree in late August.
The flesh is a translucent yellow, and has a mild sweet plum-like flavour, with a hint of sharpness. It can be eaten fresh but like all cherry plums it is primarily for use in the kitchen. The small stone clings to the flesh but is quite easy to remove.
Golden Sphere cherry plum trees for sale
Pot-grown
All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, St. Julien rootstock£61.50
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,VVA-1 rootstock£41.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£41.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR32-year bush-trained bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£49.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR42-year half-standard bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£49.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Tree specification
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Tree sizes and forms
Pre-ordering
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Golden Sphere is a new cherry plum variety, developed for the lower temperatures and light levels of northern Europe.
As well as the pollination partners mentioned above, Golden Sphere will also cross-pollinate with most early-flowering Plum and Damson varieties.
Golden Sphere produces a compact but spreading tree, typically wider than it is tall.
History
Ukraine.
Golden Sphere characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group1
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- Picking seasonMid
- CroppingLight
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesCulinary
- Country of originUkraine
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourYellow
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards
for all growers and retailers involved in selling plants in the UK.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about cherry plum trees
Cherry plums are, as the name suggests, a half-way house between cherries and plums. They are mostly self-fertile, and easy to grow.
Cherry plums are generally classified in the species Prunus cerasifera but they inter-breed readily with other plum species and many are hybrids.
Like cherries they ripen very early in the summer, in June or early July. Also like cherries, and unlike plums, there is no need to thin cherry plums - the trees are generally productive but do not over-crop the way some plums tend to.
However in most other respects cherry plums are more like early-season Asian or Japanese plums. They have a similar rounded shape, and the flesh is usually dark red (but can also be yellow, like most European plums).
