Stella

Stella is an excellent self-fertile cherry variety, easy to grow and productive. The large dark red cherries are very juicy and sweet, with a typical cherry flavor.

If your only experience of cherries is from a market stall or supermarket then we think you will be very pleasantly surprised with the flavor of fresh Stella cherries straight from your own tree.

Stella was the first of the modern self-fertile cherries, introduced from Canada in the 1970s. Until that time growing cherries at home meant planting at least two different varieties and dealing with the unusual complexities of cherry cross-pollination. Being both self-fertile and having such a good flavor, Stella rapidly established itself as the ideal garden cherry tree, since it could be grown on its own. Although there are now other self-fertile cherry varieties, if you only intend to grow one cherry tree, Stella is still one of the best choices.

As well as being self-fertile, it is also a good pollinator for other cherries including the traditional English cherries (many of which are not self-fertile and have complicated pollination requirements). It is therefore a good starting point if you think you may add further cherry trees to your garden or orchard in the future.