Steppe Cherry
Prunus fruticosa
Rosaceae · broadleaf · introduced
Quick Facts
Height
6 ft
Growth Rate
Moderate
Light
Full Sun
Soil
Well Drained
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 2a–8b
Bloom Time
Mar 1-Mar 31
Origin
central and Europe to Siberia
Phenological Calendar
| Stage | Typical Window |
|---|---|
| Bud break BBCH 07 | Feb 15-Mar 15 |
| Leaf emergence BBCH 11 | Mar 1-Apr 1 |
| Bloom start BBCH 61 | Mar 1-Mar 31 |
| Bloom end / petal fall BBCH 69 | Apr 1-Apr 15 |
| Fruit/seed development BBCH 71 | Jun 1-Aug 31 |
| Fall color / leaf senescence BBCH 93 | Oct 1-Nov 15 |
| Dormancy BBCH 97 | Nov 15-Feb 28 |
Diseases (58)
Taphrina wiesneri Witches'-broom (Cherry leaf curl)
Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt
Shothole (Coryneum Blight)
Prunus necrotic Prunus Necrotic Ringspot
Podosphaera aphanis var. aphanis Powdery Mildew
Uncharacterized graft Necrotic rusty mottle
Cherry mottle leaf virus Mottle leaf
Little cherry Little Cherry
Various fungi (Phyllosticta spp., Septoria spp., Cercospo... Leaf Spot
Non-pathogenic (physiological response to injury/stress) Gumming (Gummosis)
Dead Bud
Cytospora canker Cytospora Canker
Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall
The fungi Brown Rot Blossom Blight and Fruit Rot
Apiosporina morbosa Black Knot
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot
Bacterial Canker and Blast
Monilinia fructicola and M Brown Rot
Plum Pox (Sharka)
Red Spot Fruit Blemish (Freckles)
Shothole
Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf
Limb and Wood Decay
Armillaria mellea Armillaria Crown and Root Rot
An uncharacterized Black Canker
The cherry Cherry Mottle Leaf
Cherry twisted Cherry Twisted Leaf
Believed to Crinkle Leaf and Deep Suture
Eola rasp Eola Rasp Leaf (Yellow Bud Mosaic)
Although bacterial Fungal Cankers
Mechanical injury Gumming
The normal June Drop
Leafroll
Uncharacterized graft Necrotic Rusty Mottle (Lambert Mottle) and Rusty Mottle
Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot
Pitting
Many fungi Postharvest Rots
Prune dwarf Prune Dwarf
Cherry rasp Rasp Leaf
Complex of Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia s... Replant Disease
This problem Rosette
Rugose
Prune dwarf Sour Cherry Yellows
Several causes Stem Pitting
One of Virus-induced Cherry Decline
Various plant viruses (Raspberry bushy dwarf virus, Straw... Virus
Taphrina wiesneri Witches' Broom
Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni X-Disease
Leaf Curl
Non-pathogenic (physiological disorder — epidermal cell d... Russeting
Rusty Spot
Split Pit
Phytophthora spp Sprinkler Rot (Phytophthora Fruit Rot)
Various plant viruses (Blueberry mosaic virus, Blueberry ... Virus Diseases
Plum Pockets
Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust
Coryneum blight (Shothole)
Pests (40)
Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila
Tetranychidae Spider mite
Scolytus rugulosus Shothole borer
Diaspidiotus perniciosus San Jose scale
Pear slug (Cherry slug)
Peachtree borer
Tortricidae Leafroller
Dermaptera Earwig
Cutworms and Armyworms
Cherry fruit fly
Enarmonia formosana Cherry bark tortrix
Cinara occidentalis, Cinara abietis Black cherry aphid
Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer
Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug
Fall webworm
Peach twig borer
Cinara occidentalis, Cinara abietis Aphid
Choristoneura rosaceana Obliquebanded Leafroller
Caliroa cerasi Pear sawfly (pear slug)
Cylindrocopturus furnissi Root weevil
Rose leafhopper
Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar
Western red-humped caterpillar
Carnation tortrix
Peach silver mite
Nuculaspis californica Lecanium scale
Pear sawfly
Redhumped caterpillar
Hop aphid
Leaf curl plum aphid
Nuculaspis californica Scale
Scale insect
Pear slug
Pacific flatheaded borer
Fruittree leafroller
Cicadellidae Leafhopper
Nematode, Dagger
Nematode, Ring
Nematode, Root-lesion
Nematodes