Description
The Prunus avium Lapins, universally acclaimed as the Lapins Cherry, is a spectacular, high-yielding orchard masterpiece revered for its exceptional fruit quality and stress-free cultivation. This premium cultivar produces massive, glossy, deep mahogany-red sweet cherries that feature a remarkably firm, snap-textured flesh bursting with rich, sweet juice. Our hand-selected planting stock is shipped at a premium 1-2 feet size (12-24 inches). Horticulturists designate this height as the ideal structural window for transplanting, ensuring minimum root shock, rapid adaptation, and a highly vigorous start for an enduring centerpiece in your curated edible landscape.
Growth Rate & Habit
The Lapins Cherry Tree is celebrated for its highly vigorous growth rate and a flawlessly upright, compact branching habit. In its early stages, this 1-2 feet sapling strategically establishes a strong subterranean root profile before rapidly filling out its scaffolding. In mid-spring, the tree performs a breathtaking transformation, cloaked in a dense, snow-white cloud of fragrant blossoms that act as a magnificent seasonal showcase. The lush, rich green foliage offers an elegant summer canopy that transitions into striking, warm bronze and amber hues in autumn.
The Perfection of Self-Fertility
Harvesting sweet cherries from a Lapins tree is a deeply rewarding culinary privilege. Standing out as one of the few truly self-fertile sweet cherry varieties, it requires absolutely no companion tree to set a heavy fruit harvest, making it the premier choice for compact modern gardens or upscale backyard orchards. Not only does it produce an abundant harvest of crack-resistant fruit late in the season, but its pollen is so high in quality that it functions as an exceptional universal pollinator for other cherry trees in your collection.
Watering and Feeding
Consistent, targeted hydration is crucial for grounding young saplings and fueling fruit development. During its active growing seasons, provide your 1-2 feet tree with a deep, slow, and deliberate soak once a week at the base, encouraging the roots to anchor deep into the soil rather than remaining on the shallow surface. Feed your cherry tree with a balanced, organic fruit tree fertilizer in early spring as the first leaf buds break dormancy, giving it the necessary pulse of nutrients to expand its canopy and support its famous, heavy fruit clusters.
Light & Hardiness
To maximize photosynthesis and develop the intense, deep mahogany sugars of its fruit, position your Lapins Cherry Tree in a location that commands full sun, securing at least 6 to 8 hours of direct, unobstructed daily light. This high-intensity exposure is essential for maintaining rigid wood structure and heavy fruit yields. Remarkably cold-hardy in USDA Zones 5-9, this resilient variety thrives on a distinct winter dormancy period, storing up immense internal energy to return with renewed vigor and breathtaking beauty every single spring.