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Cold-Hardy Sweet Cherries for Zone 4

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Krista Behr

There’s something about the idea of growing stone fruit in cold climates that’s just irresistible. Stone fruit is not meant to survive a frigid

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5 Cold-Hardy Peach Trees for Zones 4 and Colder

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Krista Behr

I don’t quite understand why humanity is wired the way that it is, but I’ve never met a northern-zone gardener who didn’t wish that

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FAQs: Growing Sweet Cherries in Zone 4 and Colder

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Krista Behr

Sweet Cherries are wildly popular, but in most areas north of zone 5, you’ll only ever taste those cherries if they’ve been trucked in

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Growing Bush Cherries in Northern Zones

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Krista Behr

If your climate is too cold to grow sweet cherry trees, an outstanding substitute is the bush cherries. These incredibly hardy relatives of the

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How to Help Sweet Cherry Trees Survive Zone 4 Winters

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Krista Behr

Northern zones are notoriously difficult locations for growing sweet cherries. Experts disagree on where the northern climate limits for the cherry is (Cornell has

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Growing Cold-Hardy Sweet Cherries: Is The Chelan Cherry Tree Viable?

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Krista Behr

Sweet cherries are the northern gardener’s dream… and depending on just how far north you garden, that dream’s odds of coming true rank just

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“Bush” Peaches: Genetic Dwarf Peach Trees to Grow in Pots

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Krista Behr

Successfully growing peaches is a status symbol for gardeners in cold northern zones. This is the fruit tree that is a southern-grown staple, but

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Growing Cold-Hardy Sweet Cherries: Is The Kristen Cherry Tree Viable?

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Krista Behr

So back in the day when I was very new to fruit gardening, I believed a nursery catalog that solemnly told me I lived

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