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Tree ID - what is this in my garden
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- Lemon Half
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Tree ID - what is this in my garden
I have a small tree in my garden (rented flat)
It's fairly young, about 15-20ft tall
It is now in bloom (if that's the correct terminology) and the blossom is pale pink. Noticeably pink when unopened, but looks white opened. Flowers/blosoms whatever are about 1.5cm diameter, typically 5 petals
The stamens (???- little sticky out filaments in the middle) are white with yellow spherical ends
It's fairly young, about 15-20ft tall
It is now in bloom (if that's the correct terminology) and the blossom is pale pink. Noticeably pink when unopened, but looks white opened. Flowers/blosoms whatever are about 1.5cm diameter, typically 5 petals
The stamens (???- little sticky out filaments in the middle) are white with yellow spherical ends
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
AleisterCrowley wrote:I have a small tree in my garden (rented flat)
It's fairly young, about 15-20ft tall
It is now in bloom (if that's the correct terminology) and the blossom is pale pink. Noticeably pink when unopened, but looks white opened. Flowers/blosoms whatever are about 1.5cm diameter, typically 5 petals
The stamens (???- little sticky out filaments in the middle) are white with yellow spherical ends
That's far too sketchy of a description for any meaningful answer to your question to be given. We cannot even tell whether the tree is fully grown or is a "young" tree that could grow substantially larger. All fruit trees blossom in the way you describe as do many others. The most common tree in gardens is a cherry tree but they can grow from around 8ft to 60ft.
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Install iNaturalist or Seek on your 'phone or tablet. They're pretty good.
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Does the blossom look anything like any of these?
https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/pink ... trees-c161
RC
https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/pink ... trees-c161
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Closest to Prunus 'Pandora'
I will take a photo (and work out how to post - I always forget)
I will take a photo (and work out how to post - I always forget)
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Flowering at this time of year, a cherry is the most likely candidate. It could also be may/hawthorn, although those aren't usually favoured for small gardens.
The bark of a cherry tree is a dead giveaway, because of its horizontal rings and its shiny texture. (Try googling for some images of UK ornamental tree bark.)
BJ
The bark of a cherry tree is a dead giveaway, because of its horizontal rings and its shiny texture. (Try googling for some images of UK ornamental tree bark.)
BJ
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
bungeejumper wrote:Flowering at this time of year, a cherry is the most likely candidate. It could also be may/hawthorn, although those aren't usually favoured for small gardens.
The bark of a cherry tree is a dead giveaway, because of its horizontal rings and its shiny texture. (Try googling for some images of UK ornamental tree bark.)
BJ
yes... On the OP Im inclined to tentaively suggest cherry but the bark would be better evidence etc
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Magnolia? (Only a guess as I specialise in brown. blue, and green/yellow these days.) C.AleisterCrowley wrote:I have a small tree in my garden (rented flat)
It's fairly young, about 15-20ft tall
It is now in bloom (if that's the correct terminology) and the blossom is pale pink. Noticeably pink when unopened, but looks white opened. Flowers/blosoms whatever are about 1.5cm diameter, typically 5 petals
The stamens (???- little sticky out filaments in the middle) are white with yellow spherical ends
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
https://imgur.com/G8qAiF5
https://imgur.com/yGor0wC
See if these work (second one redacted to remove identifiable graveyard/brothel/burger stand)
https://imgur.com/yGor0wC
See if these work (second one redacted to remove identifiable graveyard/brothel/burger stand)
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Looks like a cherry to me! Are there juicy pairs of stuff hanging off it that remind you of something you lost ages ago or a fruit machine? C.AleisterCrowley wrote:See if these work...
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Maybe it lost them too.AleisterCrowley wrote:Nowt hangin off it, just them blossom things
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
I haven't lost my plums. They may have shrunk a bit 'in the wash'
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
AleisterCrowley wrote: https://imgur.com/G8qAiF5
https://imgur.com/yGor0wC
See if these work (second one redacted to remove identifiable graveyard/brothel/burger stand)
Definitely a cherry, compare your first photo with this prunus Pandora, as you thought earlier....
https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/prun ... -tree-p213
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Mrs Arb reckon's it is ornamental cherry.
I was a little more sceptical simply because we are in the South of England (Sussex) and the cherries are barely out yet and I haven't seen any in full bloom, though we have a few almonds in flower.
Arb.
I was a little more sceptical simply because we are in the South of England (Sussex) and the cherries are barely out yet and I haven't seen any in full bloom, though we have a few almonds in flower.
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
Arborbridge wrote:Mrs Arb reckon's it is ornamental cherry.
I was a little more sceptical simply because we are in the South of England (Sussex) and the cherries are barely out yet and I haven't seen any in full bloom...
It varies a lot by variety. My daughter has one in her garden that has just dropped the last of its petals, while I have another variety that's yet to bloom (both of us are in southern England). Japan has just finished their earliest ever cherry blossom season, and their climate is not too dissimilar.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56574142The cherry blossom season, Japan's traditional sign of spring, has peaked at the earliest date since records began 1,200 years ago, research shows.
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Re: Tree ID - what is this in my garden
It's faily mild here generally (although it did snow for ten minutes yesterday)
I'm in the Kennet valley , or the Thames/Kennet confluence area...
I'm in the Kennet valley , or the Thames/Kennet confluence area...
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