Mystery tree?

Hi there again.

I think it is a prunus. Not only because we have a prunus right opposite the front door of my parents place in Italy and that single leaf resembles its leaves so much... but I did also some enquiries, and a few people seem to think the same.

So, this is the best I can come up with. Let us know by any means what it is when you will see the flowers and the fruits.

 

Hiya

Thankyou very much for all your help Will wait and see if it does anything exciting in the summer....

Thanks again

 

Hi Foob. I think that what you have is Tillia cordata, the Small Leaved Lime. No fruit I`m afraid just plenty of leaves in the Autumn. David.

 

Hi, daitheplant! An interesting suggestion and the leaf if very similar ... but I wonder about the size, as the Tillia can go to 100 feet! :eek:

 

Hi LOL. I did say there where a lot of leaves in the Autumn. David.

 

What's that got to do with the price of butter, David? I assume the pic was taken recently, ie, Spring?

Is one of us lost? But then again, we are both from South Wales, and there were a lot of places to get lost in on the Graig ...

 

Lol you are looking at a plant 30ft after 25 years and 80ft after about 70 years, I certainly wont be about to see it mature. I s this tha Graig in Bassaleg? If so I will be in that area tomorrow (Saturday). David.

 

The Graig in Pontypridd.

 

Can you give us a discription of the bark of this tree?
The reason being, if lenticles (pores) are horizontally placed around the trunk then it will be a Prunus.

 

The best picture I have of the bark is on the previous page however I can always take another picture....

However upon checking the tree again at the weekend it appears the blossom has started to turn to fruit Just not sure what fruit it is gonna be yet, at the moment the fruits are little (about 1cm) and green, rugby ball shaped. Some are growing by themselves and some are in groups of twos and threes....

 

Still sounds like plum or gage to me

 

Excellent I hope it is I guess we will know for sure fairly soon, although does have an attack of green fly and ants at the moment (think the ants are eating the greenfly though

 

Unfortunately the ants 'farm' the greenfly by protecting them from predators and in return feed on the honeydew that is excreted by the greenfly. Our plum was similarly affected last year but the tree came through ok. If it becomes serious you could try ant traps or spraying with water with some washing-up liquid in, I use Ecover.

 

Thanks for the advice I didn't want to use any chemicals on the tree (if we do get plums), espcecially as we now have our vegetables growing nearby too. Maybe the ants/greenfly is the reason why we didn't get any fruit last year, I'm gonna go get some ecover now! Thanks for all you help

 

I reckon its a crab apple