Old Black Heart

A small old-fashioned heart shaped black cherry.

Origin: Kent UK,

Pollination: Old Black Heart is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Old Black Heart cherry trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	ColtSemi-vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of Old Black Heart cherry trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Black
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size
Picking time
Season of use	Mid
Tree vigour
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Disease resistance	Bacterial Canker - Susceptible
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Incompatibility group	3
Pollinators	Pollination partners