Call Wallace Woodstock to see if they still have some in stock. (32.00 USD plus shipping). I've ordered trees and other plants from this nursery in WI and been satisfied with the quality.

Thank you for the comment! I did consider Wallace Woodstock; however, I discovered they use grafted rootstock, which I didn't want. Finally, after nearly giving up, I found some at Honeyberryusa.com, and bought one. It arrived quickly, which I appreciated, but the root system didn't look like much when I unpacked it. To add insult to injury, I couldn't plant it right away, so I was concerned, to say the least, that after all that hunting and finally finding one, I still might end up without one if it died. I put it in a slurry of water and GroMax, which I had a supply of for rejuvenating some beds, and crossed my fingers. A few days later - 3rd week of May I guess - I got it planted and so far it's doing okay. The several nascent leaf buds have opened and are growing. I really don't know what to expect from this tree - it looks like a 3 foot tall twig with 4 nice green leaves that are slowly getting bigger, and a couple of others that may open or may just wither up and die, the jury's still out on them. I'm wondering if it will have established enough of a root system by this fall to survive the winter. We often have nice warm days with cool to frosty nights in this zone (5B) well into October and November, and I've even planted tulip bulbs in mid-December in past years. But the winters the last 2 or 3 years have been brutal: -10 and tons of snow! Also, this year spring just didn't seem to want to arrive. Next year I'd like to plant a couple of Juliet cherry trees. If anyone has a good source, I'm listening. Thanks!

Update: here are some photos of my little Evans cherry tree, taken in the 3 successive months after planting it on May 27, 2016. Time will tell whether it survived the winter here in Maine.

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I see...looks like you know all about damage from critters etc...good job! I think it will do fine, might not produce as much in your warmer area...needs about 3 to 4 years, please let us know.

Hello Konrad,

Thank you for commenting. I've read your posts about Evans cherries - amazing productivity! - and learned a lot. I think it was mostly the information I got from your posts that motivated me to try an Evans.

This little tree grew well the first two months, and then slowed down in August. But it ended the season quite healthy as far as I could tell. I stopped watering sometime in early September, but of course we got some fall rain here.

The land where it is planted needs help, which I'm working on. But I wanted to plant something now, not several years down the road. The various posts I've read about Evans cherries doing well in all types of soil encouraged me to try one now rather than wait. Close by are some elderberries, planted in 2015, that did not do well in 2016. I'm not sure why because I spent a LOT of time preparing the soil before I planted them, and then kept them watered when it was so dry here last year. Ill have to move those that survived in 2017 I guess.

Yes, I've had a terrible time with animals the last 4 or 5 years - deer, woodchucks, raccoons, mice. But slowly I've been removing brush, filling in burrows, and fencing things, so I ended the 2016 growing season with no signs of critters. Also, late last fall I was doing a last check of the garden one night, and saw an owl (didn't hear it, but saw it), and that explained why I hadn't been seeing any mice in recent weeks.

I fenced the Evans right from the "get-go" because I did not want to risk any damage!

Thanks for your encouragement. I'll keep posting.

Kathleen