Cherry ‘Stella’ is a prolific and regular bearer of large, sweet, red cherries that ripen in early summer. Its leaves turn orange to red in the autumn, and it produces white flowers in the spring. Cherry ‘Stella’ is also self-fertile. Cherry is deciduous and native to Europe. Learn more about Cherry. Cherry ‘Stella’ was developed in 1956 by Karlis Lapins at the Summerland Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada and was named in 1968.