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Black Gold Cherry

Size: Dwarf (4'-5')
Original price $49.99 - Original price $59.99
Original price
$59.99
$49.99 - $59.99
Current price $59.99
SKU C840G

Prunus avium 'Black Gold'

We love the flavor and productivity of this large, firm, deep red (almost black), disease-resistant sweet cherry. A delicious mid-season treasure, especially for our East Coast growers!

It is late blooming and self fertile so its sets a big crop where others fail. Moderately tolerant of rain at ripening time. From New York Fruit Testing. Requires 800 chill hours to reliably bloom and set fruit.

Hardy to USDA Zone: 5

Mature Height: 8' (Mini-Dwarf), 12' (Dwarf), 25' (Standard)

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: July

Pollination: Self-Fertile

Dwarf Rootstock: Gisela 5

Mini-Dwarf Rootstock: Gisela 3

Standard Rootstock: Mazzard

Read our Cherry Growing Guide

 

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  • Hi Will you have any standard BlackGold cherry trees available for spring 2023?

    Currently we are only carrying this variety on Gisela 5. That may change, but not at this time.

  • Will the Black Gold and Bing cherry pollinate each other?

    Yes, Black Gold is a reliable pollinizer for Bing!

  • Do you know if these and Italian Prune plums flower at the same time? I see the plums bloom early in Spring and the Black Gold cherries bloom later? Not sure if there'd be much if any overlap.

    It will depend on your location. The prune will most likely flower before, then the cherry. There might be some overlap mid-Spring. 

  • If I live on zone 6a, what do I need to spray the tree with & when for it to be successful?

    Your growing zone isn't what matters for spraying, its more about your actual location. Google what pests or diseases commonly impact cherries in your area, depending on where you live there may be no need to spray at all.

  • When is the best time to plant black gold cherry tree

    All of our bareroot plants are available to plant in the Spring. We will ship it to you when the weather has warmed up sufficiently to plant. 

  • Will there be any mini BlackGold cherry trees for spring 2025?

    Probably yes. Use the Notify my when available button to get an email when they are in stock. 

  • Will it grow in tn zon 6 to 7

    Yes, but will require spraying to be successful.

  • Will a self fertile cherry tree pollinate with a pluerry tree?

    Pluerry trees require Asian plum pollination.

  • How old is 4 to 5 foot dwarf Cherry trees?

    3 years old

  • will black gold and ranier cross pollinate ?

    Yes they will

  • Will mini-dwarf cherries survive potted in half whiskey barrels?

    If cared for yes!

  • Can Black Gold and Sweetheart cherry trees pollinate each other

    Yes they will cross polliante just fine

  • This tree is listed as hardy in zone 9 but another question about chill hours says it requires 800+. Zone 9 gets 1-300 chill hours so I'm not quite sure what to think?

    Those things are unrelated. USDA zones only refer to the coldest average winter temperatures and do not predict growing degree days or chilling hours.

  • Is this a true self-pollinator?

    If by "true" you mean it sets a full crop of cherries, yes.

  • Can these be planted in fall or only spring?

    They can be planting in fall, but are not shipped in the fall.

  • Is the Black Gold a good cross-pollinator for a Rainier cherry?

    Yes! They work great together.

  • how many chill hours does this required?

    Black Gold requires 800+ chill hours

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  • 1 star: 5 (23%)
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L K.G.
Wonderful Healthy Bare Root Tree

What a wonderful, healthy bare root tree. It arrived at the perfect time and I planted it right before the week of rain. Now a week later it has buds on it and I am tickled pink! Can’t wait to see this thrive and now I am looking to buy more from you!

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Beckie R.
Wasn't worth the money or time

From the time it arrived in May up until September it just stayed a pricey stick. It never developed any leaves. I even dug my hole bigger & filled it with in ground Miracle grow soil so that it would have a boost to help it. It just never took off. It's like it died during dormancy. By the time I finally reached out to them, I was told it was too late for a refund. So now I have a store credit to buy another but it is never in stock in any size. And the worst part is Shopify keeps taking over logging me in & it never shows my store credit. So pretty much I am out $63. Lesson Learned!!

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Jayalakshmi K.
Healthy and productive

I received and planted this tree in spring 2023. It has a good structure with a few primary branches when I received it that I tied down to create an open center. It leafed out well the first year and this year is covered with cherries! Excited for the harvest this year and even more fruit in the years to come.

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Amy C.
Excellent beginning

I ordered the Black Gold mini dwarf on Gisela 3 rootstock and put it in the ground a few weeks ago. Amended the soil with biotone starter with mycorrhizae fungi and watered in with a rooting solution. Tree arrived in excellent shape, green leaf buds along a maiden sapling (no branches on arrival). Healthy, moist roots. Planting area is slightly above grade. Planted just before a lengthy period of fairly regular rainfall. Tree has leafed out beautifully and appears to be starting to branch a bit. Very pleased with its start!

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Thomas S.
Arrived in great shape

Arrived in great shape. Very happy

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Sherihaney
Received trees in good condition

Received trees in good condition. Got it planted and tree is sprouting leaves already. Am very pleased at this time.

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Nina
I look so forward to eating these black binged

I look so forward to eating these black binged cherries when they harvest. They look scrupulous! One of my most favorite healthy fruits. The tree arrived on time and in perfect condition. I love this company!!

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W P.
Product disappointment money lost

I ordered 5 black gold and 5 white gold cherry trees. The white gold ordered are healthy and fresh and going great. The black gold ordered were dried our nearly dead with one stick grafted, dried out bark and and pieces of bark missing from the dried stick. I'm very disappointed considering the money I spent on them. Imagine unwrapping the bundle and pulling out 5 half dead and damaged sticks.

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Gregory S.
Lived just long enough that it couldn’t be replaced

Now my Ranier has no pollinator

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Juan G.
Cherry tree

Cherry tree came in good with rest of my plants stook it in ground without soaking roots 😂 1week later doing good seeing leaves starting to grow

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Beckie

Cherry tree arrived as a stick with all branches chopped off. I could understand that, but the tree never took off. I gave it several months after being told to give it time to come out of "dormancy." After 3 months, I tried to get a refund only to find out I had only until August 1st to submit my claim. Now I have a dead 3 foot stick sticking out of the ground & a waste of almost $80 with shipping. I know the ground is not the problem because I planted sunflower seeds in the outer circle of the area around the tree & they are over 7 feet tall with beautiful blooms. 2 thumbs down!

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Kevin L.
First order from Raintree

The tree arrived as a single shoot, roots were wet and wrapped. It had leaf buds and one blossom on it when it arrived. Unfortunately the Ohio ants ate the blossom, however, the tree is branching out beautifully and I'm looking forward to next year! I will definitely be ordering again once I get my garden layout complete.

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Nathan

Doing amazing woke right up and seems to be loving their new home.

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Debra M.
Great tree!

Great service and education.

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Connor B.
Could be better

It was a foot shorter than the advertised 4-5 feet, and had no branches, just a main stem topped with a fork.

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Kathleen K.

Arrived on time and well-packaged. Thorough and easy to follow planting directions. Loved that it was packed with recyclable materials!!

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I t.
does not grow in zone 9

I purchased this tree because of the zone indicated. It was categorized for zone 9, which is where I grew fruit trees before. The tree is green but has not bloomed in three years and not shown any fruits. I have all my trees on a drip system, so water supply was not the issue. Two other cherry trees have died, two others do not bloom. The experts are Raintree, but I only received excuses after excuses.

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Eric L.
Tree was massive with a massive root system and leafed out when I got it.

I bought the standard black gold cherry tree nearly last minute in April. The trunk diameter was massive and so was the root system. I put it in a 100 gallon pot to start out and the root system likely took up half the pot so it was likely around a 50 gallon root system. You can t get a 50 gallon root system anywhere potted. Only a few weeks later and the tree is so set in place you can t even move the trunk so it is a strong grower too. The tree was showing green when I bought it.

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Anne T.
Already flowering!

Received my trees three weeks ago and put them in my garden right away. Near the base of the tree I was surprise to see flowers! Don’t expect any fruit this year but it was still nice to see!

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Lisa M.
First Year in, Already Flowering!

I have to say I am very happy with the two cherry trees I received. One is a Lapins, and one is this Black Gold. Both trees arrived in great condition, with with very sturdy trunks, and were well pruned. They went in the ground last spring, and this spring they are both flowering and have leafed out really nicely. I could not be happier with both trees.

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EP
Great Care!

Tree shipped without any damage. I received the item as described with moist newspaper to keep the roots from drying out.

This tree was really healthy. It has a good rootstock and when I last checked little green buds were starting. Great product.

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Tony T.
Black Gold cherry tree

My tree showed up looking good and has been in the ground a few weeks and now has leafs coming on. Thanks