Flowering Cherry producing pods for the first time in 35 years??

sjr2 · May 2020

I have a flowering cherry tree in my garden and for the first time in 35 years it is producing odd shaped pods along side the normal cherries. I have a feeling these might be misshaped cherries, any ideas anyone

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BobTheGardener · May 2020

Unfortunately, those are not pods but malformed fruits and are caused by a disease called 'Pocket plum'. See here:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=199

I suspect your tree may actually be a cherry plum.

sjr2 · May 2020

Thank you so much for a speedy reply, I will start removing the infected branches.

Flowering Cherry producing pods for the first time in 35 years??

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