Some sweet cherry trees are self fertile and some are not. Check into the cultivars before you buy to make sure if you’ll need a pollinator and which are the most appropriate ones. The following cultivars are not self-fertile and need a pollinator:

• Vista
• Ulster
• Viva
• Hartland
• Royalton
• Emperor Francis
• Sam
• Kristin
• Viscount
• Hedelfingen

Any of the cultivars in the following groups can be planted together for cross pollination:

• Bing, Lambert, Napoleon, Emperor Francis
• Stark's Gold, Hartland
• Van, Venus, Windsor
• Gold, Viva, Vogue
• Hedelfingen, Vic, Ulster
• Hudson, Schmidt, Rainier, Viscount
• Seneca, Vega, Vista

The following cultivars are self-fertile, so you can plant one of these sweet cherries if you only have room for one tree:

• Vandalay
• Stella
• Tehranivee
• Sonata
• Whitegold™
• Symphony
• Blackgold™
• Sunburst
• Lapins
• Skeena
• Sweetheart