Fruit close-up

prunus serotina ???

its the furniture cherry ...

the fruit are these horrid near meatless bitter fruits.. that are 90% stone..

which the birds adore.. and spread all over the world ...

it is said that a cut/snapped branch has a red pop smell ... i do smell it once in a while ... but not always ....

ken

Yes, that or a similar species.

Anyone?

Depends on where you live. Prunus serotina would be true if that popped up near me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Distribution

This post was edited by esh_ga on Fri, Apr 26, 13 at 12:21

>Anyone?You already had two answers: Yes, it's a wild cherry tree, maybe Prunus serotina. If it were me I would then have looked up P. serotina to see if that's the one, as soon as it was suggested.

Sorry for some reason the responses didn't show up :*( I live in Florida , I'll def. look that up thanks :)

Hi Kandy, it's hard to tell if yours is P. serotina or another species. I have over a dozen wild P. serotina on my lot, ranging from a few years up to one approx. 50 year old specimen. It is a weedy tree and seeds itself prolifically. They have a rangy form and distinctive scraggy bark when mature.

Do you have pic of the whole tree or the flowers? This might help pin down the id.

Black cherry. Grows into a majestic tree up north, but prone to disease and short life-span in the south. Really is a junk tree down here.

In Georgia it does grow to be a very large tree as well. I don't perceive it as a junk tree in North Georgia.

Bark

Bloom

Rough bark typical of P. serotina.

I am sorry!!! I posted the wrong pic :*( Here is the actual tree

It still has that rough bark so I guess it is the P. serotina

Those blooms look like Prunus serotina but I'm confused whether that's the right tree or not. ?? Looks a little like Prunus virginiana too. Whatever, it's a very healthy looking tree. Some of my Prunus is in rough shape - having been strangled for years by Oriental bittersweet, lots of die off in some (which is okay, the birds love dead branches), and fireblight on some of P. virginiana. :-/

The blooms go with this tree , I just posted the wrong bark lol...the last picture is the correct one. This was the first year it bloomed and started fruiting , so I figured it was time to figure out just exactly what it was. The tree itself is small , nothing really to it haha. It has tons of shoots? coming up all over!

So , I have noitced the Cherry Trees look so similar lol...I guess it could be either of the two listed above...was hoping for a better cherry but ehh , it works I guess haha..The tree is very slender and tall , not sure if that helps.

Did this thread lose some posts? I thought someone confirmed it was Black Cherry.

iKandy, Prunus serotina may not be the most ornamental cherry but it is still a wonderful naive tree because it is an excellent wildlife tree and it is also prized for its wood which produces cherry cabinets and furniture. The birds love the fruits and it is a host plant for some of the most beautiful butterflies and moths, such as the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Promethea moth.

For me, Black Cherries and Choke Cherries are not generally ornamental enough to grow in a highly visible position in the landscape, such as the front yard, but I have many of them in the back yard where the landscape is more naturalized and love them.

So if you are okay with where it is, leave it. As for all the shoots, they are probably either suckers or water sprouts, and I would prune off whatever extra shoots you don't want, as well as thin out any dead, crossing, or duplicate branches.

Here's what I was referring to with regard to their weediness in the deep south. More specifically, you being in zone 8, I don't feel the tree will live very long.

"Though Black Cherry can become a fairly large tree in the Appalachian Mountains, in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain it is very susceptible to disease and tends to be small and short-lived. "

The naturally seeded ones in my area of the country tend to die in about 10-15 years.

Here is a link that might be useful: Prunus Serotina