Holly leaf cherry is a California native you may not have heard about. I first discovered it from an information post on a hiking trail. An excellent habitat plant, offering food and cover for wildlife. Good to distract birds and squirrels from your other fruit trees. Produces an abundance of edible cherry like fruits. The flesh is thin and seed is big. Regular cherry is superior in terms of fruit but these are still sweet with a plum like taste. If you have the space you can grow them both. These fruit in the fall. They are medium sized evergreen trees. Drought tolerant once established! Some trees survive only with rainfall