AusBonsai

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.

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

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.

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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 .

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