Cherry ‘Compact Stella’ is a heavy and regular bearer of red fruit that ripens in early summer. Its leaves turn orange to red in autumn, and it produces white flowers in the spring. Cherry ‘Compact Stella’ is hardy, and it is also self-fertile. Cherry is deciduous and native to Europe. Learn more about Cherry. Cherry ‘Compact Stella’ was developed in 1964 from scions of Cherry ‘Stella’ at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York, United States.