Cornelian Cherry develops fleshy dark-red fruits in mid-summer. The fruit are edible, but fairly sour fresh off the tree.

Are Cornelian Cherries Edible? Yes, cornelian cherries are very edible. Although the plant is known primarily as an ornamental in the United States, ancient Greeks have been growing cornelian cherries for 7,000 years!

To start Cornelian Cherries from seed, sow seeds from fresh fruits in fall, or stratify dried seed for 23 weeks, cold, or 16 weeks warm and then 4-16 weeks cold. Germination can take as long as 12-15 months, though nicking the seed coat prior to stratification can help to speed up the process.

Cornelian cherry dogwood is a slow-growing, deciduous, small tree or large shrub with a height of 15 to 25 feet and spread of 12 to 18 feet. Trees are upright in youth but spread to a broad arching form with age. The habit is oval-rounded to rounded with a dense network of fine branches.. . . . .364011233403!]0000000000000009783314145043!]