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Can Someone Identify This Plant Please.

chris.x.bateschris.x.bates Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Hello,

I'm hoping someone can identify this plant.

It's not very well. 

It stands about 4' tall and believe it has red flowers in the spring. Prunus ? 

Thanks

Chris





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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It looks very much like a Prunus to me .., possibly a flowering cherry. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello chris and welcome to the forum. It certainly looks like a Prunus. I'm just wondering if it could be a grafted variety and the rootstock has sprouted some suckers.
    Look for a thickened section near the base of the main stem like this:
    Image result for prunus graft images
    Anything that is growing below that thickened area is likely to be a sucker and should be removed. It is a little difficult to see from your picture but that might be something worth looking into.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • chris.x.bateschris.x.bates Posts: 4
    Thanks to you both.

    I've just check and it does not look like it's grafted to me. 
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello again chris. There do seem to be two distinctly different shaped leaves there but it may be just the plant's growth pattern. It will be dropping its leaves soon and next year you can observe what happens as the new foliage emerges.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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