Nice looking tree but I don't have a clue what it is

11 years ago

Looks like a possible fruit tree. We bought this place in winter so I don't have much other info than a photo. I'd like to know if we can prune the bottom branches off to be able to walk underneath it.

Thanks!

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
can we have a pic of the buds...

and perhaps.. in a week or two.. the leaves ...

you are really stretching our ID abilities here.. lol

you trim ANY branches you want.. with a good pruning saw.. or a sawzall with a tree blade ... snap a pic of the branches you want off.. and we can photoshop where the cut should be ...

ALL OF MY TREES ARE PRUNED UP SO I CAN WALK UNDER THEM.. WITHOUT POKING MY EYES OUT ... i am the lord of my domain...

and it does NOT matter what kind of trees they are ....

ken
lou_spicewood_tx
11 years ago
Go ahead and prune the bottom branches off. Like Ken said, I want to be able to walk around without getting my eye poked out.
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Embothrium
11 years ago
Yes: too far from camera.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
11 years ago
Actually, most trees should have a few years establishment on them before you start limbing up. Lower limbs help to develop good trunk girth and root development. Limbing up should be a very gradual process, starting somewhere around the 5th year inground.
WxDano
11 years ago
Gal, I'm sending my wife to this thread. She wants to start messing with a Crataegus in the ground for its third year. wish me luck!
famartin
11 years ago
Hard to tell but I'd wager that the tree in the photo has been in the ground for 5 years or more. You can limb it up.

As to what species it is... really hard to tell from such a distance... but maybe crabapple? hawthorne? wild-ass guesses, really...
ms.idaho
Original Author
11 years ago
Here is a closer look. I am guessing this tree has been here for a bit...seems like most trees were planted in the late 90s when the place was built, although I really have no idea if that's the case with this one.

I did notice a crown of suckers about 3 feet away from the trunk. I stepped n it with bare feet. Ouch. This might help with ID?
flora_uk
11 years ago
Apple or Crabapple.
lucky_p
11 years ago
or, could be a pear.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
devils advocate here.. in line with what i said in your crab ID post ...

its a piece of CARP ... get rid of it ...

attach no sentimental value on this thing ....

looks like you have a lot of work in your new backyard .... and i suggest you start by getting rid of this thing ....

once the yard is bulldozed ... we would be glad.. to help you come up with a useful.. integrated planting scheme for planting this fall ....

now.. if this thing is some kind of sight block for peeps behind you.. lets leave it there for a while.. a few years.. until you plant something further out from the house.. to replace the site block... then it can go ....

and if that is a sliding door off to the right ... think about a deck or patio ....

and i just had my old non-running hot tub hauled out the day before yesterday ... fixing it would have cost more than a new one ....

good luck

ken

ps: but if you want to prune it back into shape.. we will gladly help you with that .... i am only playing devils advocate ....
Embothrium
11 years ago
I'd say it was a pear, which is what it looked like from a distance as well. If an orchard pear that is able to bear fruits you can use there, maybe you would value it.
calliope
11 years ago
I'm not following you Ken. Why would you consider this tree a piece of cr*p? You're not even sure yet just what it is.