Can anyone identify this bushy tree please?

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  1. Catrin

    Catrin Apprentice Gardener

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    This bushy tree is set in a row with some fruit trees. Can anyone please tell me what it is and how to prune it. Thanks x
     

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    Does it have thorns? Looks a bit like a blackthorn but would need a closer photo to see. Can you post pics of the leaves and trunk?
     
  3. Lolimac

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    I'm sure it's Blackthorn ,I can just make out the Sloes:dbgrtmb:
     
  4. Catrin

    Catrin Apprentice Gardener

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    No thorns and fruit :/ Here's a better photo of the leaves :)
     

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    It looks a bit like the alder trees in our back garden
     
  6. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Think Lolli is on the right track, some kind of prunus, possibly plum, or damson.
    Dammed if I can see the fruit, but then I am a bit sloe at times.
     
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