AusBonsai

This littley was dug during winter from a construction/destruction site...Unsure what it is but imagine it's a prunus of some kind. Took a long time to come back during spring, thought it hadnt survived its ordeal.

Any ideas of what exactly it might be?

Hi Webos. The first new branch on the RHS, are they flowers that i see. Then show the flowers and may be able to identify them.

Thanks for the reply Petra, they arent flowers, thats just flash reflecting off of the leaves

very possible a plum, maybe pear?, maybe italian alder?

Italian alder,... Is there such a thing I think it s probaly a pear. If it is, the flowers will be georgeous and they fall like snow.
Mmm, reminds me of the days the kids were little. They would stand beneath the old pear tree and sing , "its snowing on my head".
Why do they have to grow up.

Petra wrote:Italian alder,... Is there such a thing I think it s probaly a pear. If it is, the flowers will be georgeous and they fall like snow.
Mmm, reminds me of the days the kids were little. They would stand beneath the old pear tree and sing , "its snowing on my head".
Why do they have to grow up.

Yep... there is an Italian Alder Petra. I think this is a pear but not fruiting type, ornamental only. The fruiting trees dont seem to have as much sheen on the leaves.

I was also wondering if it is Alnus jorulensis. It is an evergreen or semi evergreen so was this one in leaf or partial leaf during winter?

Grant

as well as pear, could be nashi ? i think the flash is causing more shine than it should. adam take the tree out of the pot and a better shot in natural light when ya can please.

Gday Webos & Co!

If it is Prunus, the only one I know with such thick, fleshy leaves is P. lustitanica (Portugal Laurel), though the bark looks a little too rough compared to the ones I've killed (oops - now that I think of it, P. lusitanica is evergreen in our climes ). If it is Pyrus, I lean towards a 'Buerre Bosc' (hard, bronze-coloured fruit)or some such , as the 'Nashi' (soft, apple-shaped fruit) style tree I have growing in my yard has really big, hairy leaves. I don't know anything about Alders, so can't comment.

Regardless, it looks like a great little stump, and I look forward to seeing where you take it. Got any chalkboard virts to show?

Thanks.

Fly.

Haha...no chalkboard virts for this one yet. I'm thinking I might go a pure Broom with this one... It's thick, dead straight trunk which splits into a big whorl of branches is begging me to Broom it. Sometime years ago it had obviously been stomped on and shows a big scar on the opposite side.