Cherry Tree.

[snooky]

My sister is giving a bare-rooted cherry tree.She has had it for about a year and has kept it in a bucket of water and has now decided that there is no room in her garden;and because I have room on the allotment I take and save it from the alternative,which is the bin!!
The question is how do I treat it this time of year as it is in full leaf?Do I plant it in ground as for a bare-rooted tree,pot it up and wait until the Autumn then plant it,or do I leave it in it"s bucket of water and,again, wait until the Autumn to plant it out?
It is a culinary cherry and not the decorative flowering type,I"m assured.

[oldherbaceous]

Evening Snooky, if it were mine i would be planting it in the ground.

Are you sure it has been in a bucket of water for a year ?:shock:

[pongeroon]

I would be inclined to do the same, asap, and keep it well watered.

[snooky]

Evening OH Pongeroon,
My thoughts exactly,bung it straight into the ground and keep it well watered.Just needed confirmation as a bit of a confidence booster.And OH the tree wasn"t kept in water for a year,wrong information from my younger sister who was given the tree by my older sister.It is wrapped in hessian with compost inside that and encased in a plastic bag and bought in Poundstretchers last November.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Snooky, it should be perfect for planting then, by the sounds of it.