mystery plant...

[paddles]

I just went and dug a bit of this out of a very old garden, and have no idea what it is (Pretty flowers tho) it does appear to gain a thick trunk with time, but has a strong suckering habit.

any suggestions as to what it is?







It appears to be decidious.

[Asus101]

I have that at our share house that I am leaving soon.

[Jarrod]

It has the same flowers as the tree i was sold as a Prunus Mume? Google that and see.

It is definitely Prunus family though.

[paddles]

no, flower doesn't look like a prunus flower... more like a tiny rose? nieghbour suggested a may bush... but the flower doesn't quite match that either

[aaron_tas]

actually, it does look like some type of prunus...

[paddles]

I was thinking of trying to develope a single trunked tree, there is definately a thick enough stump there, but you are right, it would make an awesome clump style, Just hoping to find out what it is first....

[MasonC]

it looks something like spirea japonica. my mum loves them and theres about five in our yard

[paddles]

did a google of the shiria japonica flowers, they don't seem to match.

[MasonC]

is the leaf big or small and is the trunk/trunks a hard wood or like a firebush

[paddles]

it's decidius, and not yet in full leaf, had trouble cutting through the more mature stems witht the secatures. leaves appear to be approx 3cm.

[Hackimoto]

This reply is only three years late but I know Paddles still looks on here. It is Prunus glandulosa rosea plena. See link below. The single flowered form has small plums on it about the size of a pea,and quite tasty.

https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en& ... 24&bih=636

[lennard]

Maybe a Spiraea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea

I do know they come in a double form also - have a lot of them in the gardens here.

Lennard

[paddles]

it's not a sprirea, best guess from the nurserys around here is a that it is some form of almond. no fruit, leaf doesn't look quite right.. but I finally have a piece growing in the garden, so in a year or 2, I'll have a tree to take to the club and see what it is...

[Anth]

My in laws have a few almond trees and the flowers look the same.
I have been trying to convince them to let me air layer it for years but she doesn't like the idea .

[paddles]

old nursery guy here, says approx 20 yrs ago, a "shrub" flowering almond was very popular, it fell out of fashion, and is no longer available. you're welcome to a piece of this when it gets going. apparently it's a bit of a week