Cherry or plum tree

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For a border?

Plum

We have both and the birds eat the cherries just before they're ripe so if you want to eat the fruit I'd go for a small plum tree. Cherry blossom is slightly more spectacular.

Do you mean a cherry tree grown predominantly for its blossom, or for its fruit?

If the former, I'd recommend a flowering cherry - they are stunning in the spring, attractive in the summer, and the leaves are often fiery orange in the autumn (depending on variety). Some kinds have interesting bark, too.

If it's the fruit you want, I'd suggest a plum tree, as the birds will get the cherries long before you do (unless you net it, which isn't very attractive in a border).

My fan cherry tree is still a baby so no fruits yet. Will the birds eat the cherries even if I give them seeds and nuts 😱😱😱😱?? Can I not tempt them with something else?? I’d suggest sharing but I tried to make the same bargain with the slugs (2 kale plants for them, 2 for me, but they ate all 4!)

I also have blueberries and a mulberry (also babies). Will they eat those too? 😱

I just look on our cherry tree as a giant bird feeder 😁

Cherries are eaten by the birds, and wasps get the plums. I'd go Damson, and make the most amazing jam.

I had a mirabelle in a border which worked really well. It was a small tree and a raised border, so there was a clear place the dc could see to not step on my pretty plants when getting the plums.