[ID] Peach or Cherry ?

[Bougy Fan]

I was at a job yesterday in Ipswich and noticed this tree next door. Wanted to know what it is and if I can grow from cuttings ?

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[kcpoole]

Should grow from cuttings or airlayer.
Have no idea what it is tho

Ken

[Bougy Fan]

Thanks Ken - I think Thought you would be a mine of information

[GavinG]

Flowering Peach, at a guess, from the leaf shape. If cuttings now don't work, maybe some half-hard cuttings mid-season might work.

Gavin

[bodhidharma]

I also think Peach and why dont you layer a branch off Peach in the tropics get mould and gumosis so be aware.

[Bougy Fan]

It's actually in the obnoxious neighbours yard of my mates place where I am working - but there are some branches hanging over the fence So it's a cutting or nothing It seems to be thriving in Ipswich which gets hotter than Brissy so I am hoping it will be OK. Just love the flowers

[Shannon]

Peach mate , semi hard wood cuttings if your lucky

[alpineart]

Hi Bougy , mate its a cherry , and i'll bet my left leg on it . Its still broken but worth the gamble . The grow well from semi hardwood cuttings , softwood cuttings and root cuttings . A good specimen to air layer although i haven't tried air layering one i wouldn't hesitate . Peaches and Nectarines have much rougher bark than the Cherry .

Cheers Alpine

[Shannon]

Bougy can you take a pic of the base of the tree and a close up of the leaf mate. This will solve the ID issue.

I do agree with alpine cherry do have smoother bark, but so do peach on the newer branches and from what i can see of the leaf it looks like a Peach/Nectarine, also I wonder on the likely hood of a cherry growing in Ipswich .

Not to say I could be wrong... we could always wait for the fruit


Regards
Shannon

[Bougy Fan]

OK I will post a few more pics next weekend. At least my guesses were spot on just - which one ?

[Damian Bee]

I won't bet any limbs on it, however I have a White Nectarine in the yard here that has been pushing flowers this weekend just like those you posted. (Hopefully I get some decent fruit off it this year).

[shibui]

I'm with Alpine. I'll also bet his left leg that this is a cherry the bark is quite distinctive and I can see slight serrations around the edges of the leaves. Peach leaves have smooth edges.

[alpineart]

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Hope these help . The bark is very distinctive on the cherries from young to very old .

Cheers Alpine

[Bougy Fan]

OK some extra photos for the experts

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[alpineart]

Hi Bougy Fan , mate does this means i stuck with a gangered leg . Can't even gamble it away . It will make for a very nice bonsai if you can layer it off .

Cheers Alpine