fruits on ornamental cherry trees?

[Lil]

Hi!

Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that have
red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.

Lil

[Dwayne]

Choke cherries have leaves that start out green and turn to dark red. The
small berries are not sweet, but they make one of the best jellies or jams I
have ever tasted.

Dwayne

"Lil" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi!
>
> Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that have
> red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.
>
> Lil

[GrampysGurl]

>
>Choke cherries have leaves that start out green and turn to dark red. The
>small berries are not sweet, but they make one of the best jellies or jams I
>have ever tasted.
>
>Dwayne
>
>"Lil" > wrote in message
om...
>> Hi!
>>
>> Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that have
>> red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Lil
>
>
A nice bright red, birds love the fruit and you can make a jam from them but I
hear they are sour... never tried one myself. I will be adding another tree
shortly as the one I have is getting old.
Colleen
Connecticut zone 5

[Lil]

Thanks for the comments. I looked up chokecherries and it doesn't
seem like it. On poking around some more, it seems like it can be one
of the Japanese flowering cherry trees, like the "Royal Burgundy"
because the leaves are dark burgundy red.

I wasn't able to find out if the "royal burgundy" bore fruit.

Lil


(GrampysGurl) wrote in message >...
> >
> >Choke cherries have leaves that start out green and turn to dark red. The
> >small berries are not sweet, but they make one of the best jellies or jams I
> >have ever tasted.
> >
> >Dwayne
> >
> >"Lil" > wrote in message
> om...
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that have
> >> red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Lil
> >
> >
> A nice bright red, birds love the fruit and you can make a jam from them but I
> hear they are sour... never tried one myself. I will be adding another tree
> shortly as the one I have is getting old.
> Colleen
> Connecticut zone 5

[David J. Bockman]

You might consider Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' , aka Cherry Plum.

Dave


"Lil" > wrote in message
om...
> Thanks for the comments. I looked up chokecherries and it doesn't
> seem like it. On poking around some more, it seems like it can be one
> of the Japanese flowering cherry trees, like the "Royal Burgundy"
> because the leaves are dark burgundy red.
>
> I wasn't able to find out if the "royal burgundy" bore fruit.
>
> Lil
>
>
> (GrampysGurl) wrote in message
>...
> > >
> > >Choke cherries have leaves that start out green and turn to dark red.
The
> > >small berries are not sweet, but they make one of the best jellies or
jams I
> > >have ever tasted.
> > >
> > >Dwayne
> > >
> > >"Lil" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >> Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that
have
> > >> red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.
> > >>
> > >> Lil
> > >
> > >
> > A nice bright red, birds love the fruit and you can make a jam from them
but I
> > hear they are sour... never tried one myself. I will be adding another
tree
> > shortly as the one I have is getting old.
> > Colleen
> > Connecticut zone 5

[Lil]

I checked it out--you might have gotten it right, especially since it
started flowering before it the leaves came out. Thanks!

Lil

"David J. Bockman" > wrote in message >...
> You might consider Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' , aka Cherry Plum.
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Lil" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Thanks for the comments. I looked up chokecherries and it doesn't
> > seem like it. On poking around some more, it seems like it can be one
> > of the Japanese flowering cherry trees, like the "Royal Burgundy"
> > because the leaves are dark burgundy red.
> >
> > I wasn't able to find out if the "royal burgundy" bore fruit.
> >
> > Lil
> >
> >
> > (GrampysGurl) wrote in message
> >...
> > > >
> > > >Choke cherries have leaves that start out green and turn to dark red.
> The
> > > >small berries are not sweet, but they make one of the best jellies or
> jams I
> > > >have ever tasted.
> > > >
> > > >Dwayne
> > > >
> > > >"Lil" > wrote in message
> > > om...
> > > >> Hi!
> > > >>
> > > >> Are there cherry trees (either ornamental or edible variety) that
> have
> > > >> red leaves and bear fruits that are edible? Thanks in advance.
> > > >>
> > > >> Lil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > A nice bright red, birds love the fruit and you can make a jam from them
> but I
> > > hear they are sour... never tried one myself. I will be adding another
> tree
> > > shortly as the one I have is getting old.
> > > Colleen
> > > Connecticut zone 5