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Fletcher, OK  Mrsmarshall6411 Mar 26, 2019 6:18 PM CST |
Hi y'all! New here. We moved to Oklahoma (near Lawton) last summer, and we have these pretty trees blooming all over our property. During the fall/winter they have dark red-ish berry looking ends. I do not have a picture, the only ones we found are "dead", but during fall/winter they are a dark red/maroon and not shriveled looking. They are blooming gorgeous white flowers, definitely attract bees, and we have had no luck with google! Some of the trees are taller, but most are 5' and under. They're growing in random areas, but the ones not in bloom are in the shade, the ones that get full sun seem to be the only ones blooming.      |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)              plantladylin Mar 26, 2019 6:37 PM CST |
| Maybe a type of Pear? Flowering Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Cleveland Select') Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford') ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Mar 26, 2019 6:45 PM CST |
| It looks like a pear to me also. But, those fruits don't go with those flowers. @Mrsmarshall6411, what do the flowers smell like? Did you take any of the fruits apart to see what was inside? Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Mar 26, 2019 6:51 PM CST |
| I hadn't enlarged the pictures ... and I agree, that fruit is stumping me. I wonder if it could be an entirely different plant near the white flowering tree? ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX          porkpal Mar 27, 2019 5:42 AM CST |
| The branching architecture of the fruit cluster is also different from the tree. Porkpal |
Name: Sue Taylor Northumberland, UK           kniphofia Mar 27, 2019 5:47 AM CST |
| Sloe? |
Fletcher, OK Mrsmarshall6411 Mar 27, 2019 6:36 AM CST |
Thanks yall! It doesn't match the pear tree pictures I have found on google. They are the same trees, some are bigger than others but some are definitely not healthy looking! I only know they are the same bc we were going to take them out w the tractor to clear paths, I'm glad we left them! I'll be going to a local nursery at some point but local around here is an hour+ out  we plan on walking the property soon to see if there's more further back (no idea when, being nearly 30 weeks pregnant I don't have it in me right now lol!) thanks for y'alls help!! |
Georgia (Zone 8a)      Hamwild Mar 27, 2019 6:57 AM CST |
| I think once it leafs out, that should help IDing it. |
Name: Rick R. Minneapolis, MN, USA zone 4      Leftwood Mar 27, 2019 8:23 AM CST |
| I am thinking a Prunus species, too. Sloes are non-native, but they could have been planted. Perhaps our native wild plum (Prunus americana). In time, they tend to produce little thickets of tree-shrubs. Flowers should have a strong scent. When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Mar 27, 2019 8:34 AM CST |
| That drying, browning fruit does look a lot like Sloe (Prunus spinosa) This photo shows both ripe fruit as well as decaying fruit: https://www.bing.com/images/se... ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Rick R. Minneapolis, MN, USA zone 4 Leftwood Mar 27, 2019 8:56 AM CST |
| Now I lean toward a sloe, because I've never seen our wild plums hold on to fruit through the winter. I had though you pic was just an anomaly since the branch was broken, but since that last link shows dried fruit on an obviously attached limb, I think a sloe is more likely. But, I am from the north, and I don't know if there are any other Prunus species in Oklahoma that might be similar. When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX porkpal Mar 27, 2019 10:38 AM CST |
| Are we sure the broken branch is even from the same tree? Porkpal |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Mar 27, 2019 2:02 PM CST |
| Yes, after the tree leafs out, add more photos to this thread. And, when the fruit appears, break one open and see what's inside. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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