we just moved to a new home and one of our fruit trees is starting to flower. what is it? Plum?

cgrooms!! Lovely blossoms.

It certainly looks like Prunus, the closest I have found is Prunus incisa 'Mikinori'.

http://www.deeproot.co.uk/pbo/...

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The flowers on your tree come directly from a stub on the branch, the flowers I linked to appear to hang from a stem. Apricot flowers come from a stub, where do you live? I have a cold climate Apricot tree, the fruits are only suitable for jam or cooking.

Welcome to the site @cgrooms! Janet, above post, is one of the best identifiers in the world ... legendary status.

I edited my post to clarify.

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The flowers look to be more like Apricot or Peach, the fruits will tell.

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I think the blooms look like peach. Wondering where you are with blooms already?

thank you all. i live in Topanga Canyon. West of downtown los Angeles. i am about 4 miles from the pacific ocean. 1600' elevation.

i am looking forward to many happy hours with my new garden and the forum here.

we have about 20 mature fruit trees on 1/2 acre. most of the trees are on a slope and need some work to make them easy to water in a basin. water is very expensive here. they decreased the baseline water amount 35% last summer. over baseline the rate about doubles.

i am a city boy that has moved to the country and loving it. photos taken from the porch.

Carl

cgrooms Lucky you! It won't be long before you will know what kind of fruit you have.

Nice pictures! If you would like to show off your bird pictures, we have a fun thread! Everyone would love seeing them. The thread "Bird photos - February 2016" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

to ATP, Carl and ..... CONGRATULATIONS: you found a beautiful place to live and the best gardening site!

Wonderfull photos. Welcome to ATP. Oh I forgot the blooms. Looks like apple blossom to me.

It looked like an apple to me also. Apples leaf out and then bloom. Peaches, cherries, etc. bloom and then leaf out.

We need some input from cgrooms. Photos of the trunk, the branching and the entire tree would help too.

Daisy

wider shots. does this help?

Do you blooms have a fragrance?

Almond maybe?

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no fragrance. i guess i will know for sure in a few weeks.

I'm thinking its an almond. We still don't know where you live but the almonds are in full bloom in Almond Country, California.

You two are right that its an Almond.

Daisyl here is what i said above "i live in Topanga Canyon. West of downtown los Angeles. i am about 4 miles from the pacific ocean. 1600' elevation. "

Almonds? i have eaten plenty but never seen the fruit. that should be fun to watch. the tree is small but right at the corner of our deck. i am afraid i will have to move it at the end of the season.

Sorry cgrooms. Now that you say that, I do remember that you did tell us where you live. Could you update your info corner so my brain doesn't have to work too hard on this?.

Almonds are fun because they are in the same genus as peaches. If that is an almond that the birds planted for you, taste with caution. It may be so bitter that it turns your head inside out.

Daisy

Daisy's description is right!