Growing Guide: Surinam Cherry

Plant Type:
Perennial Evergreen Fruit Tree / Fruiting Shrub

Harvest Season:
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (depending on location)

In Florida, the largest crop is in the Spring with a second smaller crop in the summer.  Surinam Cherry fruits can develop and ripen quickly, only 3-4 weeks after the flowers open!

Mature Size:
10-12 ft tall and wide

Soil & Moisture:
Likes moist, rich well-draining soil. 

Surinam Cherry Trees respond quickly to irrigation, the fruit rapidly becoming larger and sweeter in flavor after a good watering. 

Light Requirements:
Full Sun, Part Shade

Self-Fertile:
Yes

Growth Rate:
Fast, Medium

Zone Hardiness:
Outdoors 9-12 (frost protection until established); Patio/Greenhouse 4+

Propagation:
Medium Pot Size: Our Surinam Cherry seedlings were cultivated from hand-selected varieties of great producing trees with optimal flavored fruit collected throughout our food forest. They are capable of fruiting within 1-2 years.

X-Large Pot Size: Our Grafted Black Surinam Cherry trees are capable of fruiting now.

See More:
Shop all of our Surinam Cherry tree varieties.
Shop all of our Eugenia varieties.