Plant wild cherry as part of your hedgerow and look forward to surprises all year round33 in spring watch as buds form and then burst into bloom transforming your hedge with a mass of pure white blossom soft and frothy in summer the flowers form into small bright red cherries share these with the birds but take some for yourself to make into jam or desserts in autumn see the leaf colours change to reds golds and yellows in winter sit by the fire and eat cherry jam33 bird cherry