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Wowza!™ Bush Cherry

Huge, Vivid Red Fruits

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Wowza!™ Bush Cherry

Huge, Vivid Red Fruits

  • Tart cherries with vivid, red color
  • Large fruits with excellent flesh-to-pit ratio
  • Yields up to 20 lbs. of fruits
  • Manageable, 5-8 ft. tall plants
  • Hardy to -40 degrees F

Picking is easy, and the fruits are huge with our newest bush cherry. Naturally dwarfed, Wowza! produces plenty of tart, red cherries that cook up beautifully in pies and desserts—no dyes needed!

Huge cherries! Fruits grow up to twice the size of our popular Carmine Jewel cherries. They have an excellent flesh-to-pit ratio, so you'll have plenty to enjoy. Each plant yields up to 20 lbs.

Manageable plants! Wowza! grows 5-8 ft. tall—so netting, pruning and harvesting can often be done while standing on the ground. Plus, it can be grown in patio containers.

Cold hardy! Developed at the University of Saskatchewan, Wowza! handles the cold and is a great choice for Northern growers. Grows in zones 2-7.

Years of Research! More than 50 years of research has gone into developing bush cherries with cold hardiness, dwarf stature and good fruit quality. Wowza! comes from the same breeding program that brought you Carmine Jewel, Romeo and Juliet.

Only offered to home gardeners! Wowza! has an elongated pit that is unsuitable for most mechanical harvesters. That means this outstanding cherry will only be available for home gardens and u-pick operations. Gurney's is proud to be the first nursery to offer Wowza! to home gardeners. Hardy to -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Self-pollinating. Zones 2-7. PP32782.

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Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

2023 Fall Shipping Schedule
ZONE All Other Fruits
3A-4B 9/4/23 - 10/27/23
5A & 5B 9/4/23 - 10/27/23
6A & 6B 9/4/23 - 10/27/23
7A & 7B 9/25/23 - 11/10/23
8A & 8B 9/25/23 - 11/10/23
9A-10B 9/25/23 - 11/10/23
Last Order Date Zones 3A to 6B: Oct 23, 2023
Zones 7A to 10B: Nov 6, 2023

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.

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Product Details

  • Botanical Name: Prunus fruticosa x Prunus cerasus 'Big Red' PP32782
  • Height: 5 - 8 Feet
  • Spacing: 5 - 7 feet
  • Spread:5 - 7 feet
  • Light Required:Full Sun
  • Pollinator:Self-pollinating
  • Yield: Produces yields up to 20 pounds at maturity (5-6 years after planting). It takes at least three years to get fruit, with yields increasing until the plant reaches maturity.
  • Color: Small, white flowers
  • Size: 4" Pot
  • Blooms: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, All Spring
  • Fruit: Very large, bright red, tart cherries. Brix rating 16-18.
  • Zone: 2-7
  • Form: Fruit, Cherry, Dwarf Cherry, Bush Cherry
  • Flower Form: Typical dwarf cherry flower form
  • Soil Requirements: Loamy Soil
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Pruning: Prune damaged, diseased, and dead limbs. Remove limbs that grow inward toward the center of the bush. Prune close to a third of the new growth (from that year) annually, while plants are dormant. Prune in early spring before the bush breaks dormancy. Cherry buds are either vegetative or floral. Usually the end bud and thin side buds are vegetative and most of the larger buds are floral. When pruning, do not cut off tips of branches because you might be removing the vegetative buds and will have
  • Foliage: Deep green foliage with a slightly glossy finish

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