Recently planted out the 10 small Juliet i got from honeyberryusa (4" and under) and gave them all the things a tiny plant could want. Now we will see what these little bushes are like and if they can handle Kansas weather. The good news is Kansas spring weather is unusually pleasant so far this year.
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They are very vigours once established. Mine grew about thirty inches last year. One is 6’4" tall from planting two years ago. The two I planted then were about two foot tall. They are just loaded with flower buds now. I think you will like them. I should have enough to make some pie. I have a carmine Jewel that is 5’ tall loaded too, and so is Romeo. It’s only 4’ tall. They should start opening up this week I would think.
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I was surprised yesterday as someone gifted me a Wowza! I was going to add Romeo, but I guess I will add this one instead.
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Drew that sounds like a real friend you have there. By chance are they looking for any new friends?
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LOL! Ha! 
Yes, well I could not let that stand and offered a couple good figs in return. I happen to have an extra Smith and Bourjasotte Grise, both are top shelf. I was going to sell them, but Wowza is too expensive to accept for free. For others seeking to send me gifts I will have some rare figs available in about a month!
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So my 10 Juliet and 1 romeo were planted out as soon as they arrived Honeyberryusa order - Juliet and Romeo cherry. We will see how they do! The tiny juliet from honeyberryusa are starting to green up now.
The romeo a friend ordered me also from honeyberryusa was a real monster!
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That’s what I was talking about only everyone was sending out that size for both Romeo and Juliet. Hopefully your juliets take off and grow well.
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This will be a fun one to watch. I bet people will be amazed. (You should circle it in red in case people overlook it 
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my juliet is nearly double the size of my CJs that i planted at the same time. they should grow quickly for you.
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@IowaJer
This is the top and bottom of these juliet bushes just to make sure im disclosing everything!
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Based upon the comments I recently purchased a Juliet Cherry from Spring Hill. I hope it grows well and I receive some fruit in several years.
It is about three feet.
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Juliet already turned from light green sickly looking little plugs to dark green and started putting on growth! They went in the ground 6 days ago. Grass had to be cleared and wood chips added to give them a fighting chance. On average i spent over 30 minutes prepping each spot due to the small size. Honeyberryusa season starts much later than ours so the plants are months behind which can only be compensated for with TLC and constant watching eyes.
Romeo from honeyberryusa also went in the ground 3 days ago. Romeo supposedly grows slower than juliet and we will put that statement to the test.
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At my local Home Depot,there was a bunch of these.About a 10x10 foot square.I’m not sure if the general public has caught on to them yet.bb
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Mine is blooming now. So I have a CJ, Juliet, and coming in is Wowza which I think is Cupid.
I don’t have room for anymore. Three plants should give me plenty of cherries. I have enjoyed 3 crops off of CJ, Juliet if it forms cherries from the blooms will be the first year. Only about 30 flowers. Nice looking plant. I also have White Gold Sweet and Utah Giant. Oh I have 2 Montmorency cherries on my daughter’s property she just bought. I’m in charge of caring for them. They will fruit this year. Neglected, I plan to butcher the trees into a better shape.
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@Drew51
Romeo is said to give us a later crop which i must admit will be nice. Lets hope we dont see SWD in the near future. Im curious when wowza ripens. The developers of these cherries said they personally would grow carmine jewell, juliet , and romeo which speaks volumes to me on which ones are the very best. Im planning to grow wowza eventually but the yield is lower than the others at yields up to 20 lbs. Carmine jewell produces 30 lbs and romeo and juliet 25 pounds each. Im still not sure most field plantings should not be carmine jewell due to higher yields. It does not seem like much until someone is growing 1000 plants then I start thinking of the difference in terms of 5,000 pounds of cherries! I grew Carmine Jewell since it was imported Carmine Jewell Cherry Yields increasing with age and it performs very good every year! They have a 30 year life span so i still have a lot of time left until i need to replace the original planting. Juliet is the only bush cherry besides carmine jewell i would plant on a larger scale right now to extend the season. Montmorency we both know is an impressive tree cherry so im glad to here you have those.
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You just have to prune out the old dead and the new suckers automatically replace.
I wish they sold them here like that, very nice!
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Are you saying you think your friend gave you a Cupid, or you think Cupid has been renamed to Wowza?
Clark years ago I got from Canada Cupid and Romeo, but I killed them trying to grow at my cottage. Strange as my cottage is only 35 miles away. In the city everything grows lush, there I could pull a 5 years old peach tree out of the ground as it had so few roots. Well almost. I didn’t realize what a bad environment it was there.
The Wowza was a gift, I was looking at Romeo, but I’ll take the gift, the price was right! I don’t need fantastic production. These three trees I have should be plenty for me.
Yes, i was pleased though they are at my cottage on Russell Island, they seem to look better than any fruit tree I have seen up there, so they look good. Deer did damage them, but the trees were not completely girdled. I will protect them in the future.
This, unless it is a new cultivar. Cupid has a different linage than the other. U of Sas. cultivars. They never explained what that difference was? I read it on the University site.
I think it’s Cupid as I have heard no info from them about new cultivars.
A couple clues is the shape of the pit, size of the cherry, and color of the fruit.
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