About 3 years ago we were given 3 tiny trees. No one had any idea what they were well they have done very well and this year they are blooming. So I really would like to know what they are as we are getting tired of calling them "Don't Knows" I think I have seen this tree before but I have no idea what it might be..Thank you in advance for any help anyone can give.
No it isn't serviceberry ( Saskatoon) I have lots of them in the yard and they are quite similiar but the blossoms are not the same.
Looks like Prunus padus, or at least a related deciduous species in the same subgenus of Prunus. See this link. http://ispb.univ-lyon1.fr/cours/botanique/photos_dicoty/dico L a P/Prunus padus.jpg
I'd say probably Prunus serotina (Black Cherry; one of the "related deciduous species" that TonyR talks of). The leaves are the wrong shape for Prunus padus itself, too long-pointed at the apex.
THAT'S IT!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU both of you..I appreciate this SO much...YIPEE!!!!! I have cherry trees in my yard....(Doing the happy dance here.)
Don't get too excited! The fruit aren't really edible, very sour and bitter. The best you can do with them is make jam or jelly with them, adding lots of sugar.
Oh Michael I don't really care whether they are edible or not. I am sure the birds (which I have a lot in my yard ) will just love them. And besides they are very pretty..Thanks again
No it is definetly not chokecherry..I have those also and although the leaf is very similiar the flower is definetly different.
I have an almost identical tree... and flowers... My tree is a ringer for a black cherry, however it doesn't loose its leaves in the winter like a good black cherry should. It mature leaves are also shiny like a bay laurel, although with a variegated edge, and shaped more like a spade. So, despite the similarity in summer appearance to a black cherry, I suspect that my black cherry is actually a cherry laurel tree (Prunus laurocerasus). (Let me know if anyone knows of a black cherry which keeps its leaves and grows nicely into a 15-20' tree in about as many years. I will post pictures once the flowers open.
