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Sand Cherry (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$173.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $173.00 | $6.92 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $147.05 | $5.88 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $129.75 | $5.19 |
| 24 bundles and up | $112.45 | $4.50 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Only need a few? This page is wholesale, sold by the bundle. For smaller numbers, order our Sand Cherry (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: Sand Cherry is a low native shrub with edible cherries, rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Western sand cherry, Bessey cherry, western sandcherry (Prunus pumila var. besseyi) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 6. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 4 to 6 ft tall and wide |
| Pollination | Partially self fertile. One plant sets some fruit, but several together crop much better. A row of seedlings takes care of it. |
| Spacing | 3 to 4 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Low outside row of a shelterbelt, sandy and gravelly ground, wildlife food, jam and jelly |
| Deer | A deer favorite. Fence it or cage it. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in. and 2-3 ft. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Sand Cherry stays short, fruits young and puts up with dry, sandy soil.
Origin & History
Native to the northern Great Plains, including eastern Montana. N.E. Hansen used it to breed the cherry plums.
Fruit & Uses
Tart, dark purple to black cherries in late summer. They're good fresh if you leave them on the bush a little longer, and they dry well and make great jam, pies and syrup. Pheasants and songbirds love them too.
Growth Habit
Low, spreading shrub, 4 to 6 ft, with silvery green leaves. Short lived, and it hates wet feet.
Spacing
Plant 3 to 4 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 75 to 100 ft of row.
Pollination
Partially self fertile. A single plant sets some fruit, but several together crop much better, and any row of seedlings covers that.
Cold hardiness
We rate Sand Cherry to zone 2, winters to -50°F.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Sand Cherry
How cold hardy is Sand Cherry?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Sand Cherry?
3 to 4 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping.
Photos: “Prunus pumila, South Ste. Marys Island” by Super cyclist at English Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.