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doganjo

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Tree ID please
« on: May 09, 2014, 11:09:34 pm »
I really can't remember what this is and the label has long since disintegrated - any ideas  :fc:
It's either apple or plum I think. :innocent:
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HesterF

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2014, 11:12:42 pm »
Umm - fruit tree  ;D. Apple I'd plump for - mostly because my plums seem to blossom before their leaves appear whereas the apples wait a wee while. But in a couple more weeks you'll know for sure. Once you've got fruit, you can send off a sample to Brogdale and they'll let you know what the variety it is (for a fee)!

Mammyshaz

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2014, 11:52:35 pm »
Hmm? Not sure. Can you get a good piccie of a leaf or two too? There's loads of blossom, I'm very jealous  :o  :roflanim:

Lesley Silvester

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2014, 12:36:21 am »
I would say apple for the same reason that Hester gave.

Fleecewife

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2014, 08:18:49 am »

I would say it's plum because you're north of me and my apples are only just starting to open their buds, whereas my plums etc are producing displays like yours.  I need to check some of my plum blossom close up and compare it to apple, plus a pic of leaves would help  :tree:
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2014, 09:09:57 am »
I'd say plum too - my apple blossoms are clustered differently and pinker, where the plums (and damson) are that paler shade with that shape flower.  And tho your garden is more sheltered than mine my apple blossom is barely out, just the leader in the middle has petals out and the rest in pink buds around it.
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2014, 02:42:34 pm »
I'd say plum, but there's also a chance it's a crab apple looking at the flowers... :-\

doganjo

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2014, 05:06:16 pm »
Thanks, folks.  It's definitely not crabapple.  What is confusing me is that my apple trees are in full blossom in the front paddock.  I had a feeling this was a plum (could it be a pear?  :thinking: ).  I'll try to get a good photo of the leaves, or drag Bloomer down here and he can decide  :roflanim: (or you Ellie  :innocent:)
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bloomer

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2014, 05:09:18 pm »
get ellie i cant tell till its got fruit on :-) xxx


doganjo

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2014, 05:10:45 pm »
Call yourself a landscape gardener?  :roflanim:  ;) :P
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bloomer

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2014, 05:12:26 pm »
im a hard landscaper i don't do plants


unless i can use a chainsaw on them!!!

doganjo

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2014, 05:31:33 pm »
 :excited: Got a few big plants for you to play with :excited:
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Marches Farmer

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2014, 06:11:35 pm »
Plum.

doganjo

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2014, 07:41:42 pm »
I hope
A) it's a plum and
B) the bees and insects know there is another one in the front paddock.  :excited:
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Ina

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2014, 08:10:24 pm »
Looks more like my plum than my apples (they are pinker) - but the plum has almost finished flowering... Different variety? Or possibly pear after all???

 

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