Waterloo

An Old black cherry

Origin: Kent UK,

Pollination: Waterloo 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 ...

Waterloo cherry trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Waterloo

A large cherry with meaty flesh. The cherry is very rounded in all aspects and it is not too juicy and has a balanced medium richness of sweet/acidic flavour

Characteristics of Waterloo cherry trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Black
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	July
Season of use	Mid
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Disease resistance	Bacterial Canker - Susceptible
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Incompatibility group	2
Pollinators	Pollination partners