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Tree I.d help

RockhopperRockhopper Posts: 38
in Problem solving
Is there any tree experts out there that can identify this tree that is growing at the bottom of my garden,it doesn’t seem bear fruit and a lad that cut some other trees back was unable to I.d. .
any ideas ? 
Thanks in advance 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited April 2023
    Prunus - Plum or cherry, probably the latter.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • RockhopperRockhopper Posts: 38
    Really , Cherry  as in fruit ? Or blossom ?  I’ve been here for a few years now and there has been no fruit on the tree .
    thanks 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Flowering rather than fruit.  :)
    Having said that - they will produce fruit, but not the kind we would eat. Birds eat them. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • RockhopperRockhopper Posts: 38
    Well these flowers just fizzle away after a while. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That looks more like crab apple blossom to me. 

    IME Prunus blossom appears before the leaves, whereas apple blossom comes just after the leaves are on the tree. 

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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Dovefromabove said:
    That looks more like crab apple blossom to me. 

    IME Prunus blossom appears before the leaves, whereas apple blossom comes just after the leaves are on the tree. 
    I agree, those leaves look more Malus than Prunus


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I think it's Malus floribunda... very pretty tree, and grows in just that shape..  doesn't produce much in the way of crab apples, they are very tiny and barely noticeable and not grown for that purpose..
    East Anglia, England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Apologies - the only trees with any blossom on them round here are prunus, and they're only just getting flowers, although the wild ones are going over. Apples are a good bit later. 

    I forgot it could be different/earlier in other areas.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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