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Harvel, Illinois  TreeLover2 Apr 23, 2018 8:27 AM CST |
We built our home 12 years ago and I went to a nursery and bought a "stick" in a pot. The owner had no idea what tree it was and I just took a chance on it. It appears to be a weeping willow except that it started blooming about 3 years ago. This is definitely NOT a cherry tree - there are no fruits on it, ornamental or edible. I have tried to identify it using various sites but without any luck. Any help would be very much appreciated!   |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) I have no use for internet bullies!              greene Apr 23, 2018 8:40 AM CST |
| Question, please. When you say it was a stick in a pot, was there only a single trunk? Or was it multiple as in the image you provided? Have you ever looked to see if this was a grafted tree? In what month does it bloom? Is there any fragrance to the flower?  Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Harvel, Illinois TreeLover2 Apr 23, 2018 9:27 AM CST |
| Yes, just a single "stick" in a pot - single trunk. It is blooming now - mid to late April. No fragrance to the flowers that I can tell. I don't believe it would be grafted as it was just a tiny stick - not even a real trunk when purchased. I assumed after the first few years that it was a simple weeping willow but then the flowers started appearing after about 8 years. Thanks for your help! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost  DaisyI Apr 23, 2018 9:58 AM CST |
| Can you post a close up of the flowers and trunk? 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 |
Harvel, Illinois TreeLover2 Apr 23, 2018 12:00 PM CST |
Here are two pictures - one of the flowers and one of the trunk.   |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)              plantladylin Apr 23, 2018 12:06 PM CST |
| I'm really not sure but it reminds me of Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) ~ 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! |
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK    Silversurfer Apr 23, 2018 1:08 PM CST |
| It is definitely a Prunus sp....it could well be a flowering cherry which never produces cherries. Note the flowers in clusters. Note the bark shows lenticels typical of Prunus. There are 100's of flowering cherries and I do not know the ones available to you there. But it reminds me of Prunus Snow Showers. https://www.unwins.co.uk/prunu... |
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK Silversurfer Apr 23, 2018 1:21 PM CST |
| See above... Cherries of the same name..... all flower at the same time. Some flower early in the year others later. May I suggest you take a twig and visit a big garden centre/or park or botanic garden near you to see which cherries they have flowering now that look like your flowers. |
Harvel, Illinois TreeLover2 Apr 23, 2018 1:52 PM CST |
| Thank you very much! |
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK Silversurfer Apr 23, 2018 2:05 PM CST |
| Illinois web site..... https://www.fast-growing-trees... |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Apr 23, 2018 2:07 PM CST |
@Silversurfer, Thank you so much for always being so helpful with plant identification!  Treelover2's tree appears to have a weeping/pendulous habit so, possibly a variety of Weeping Cherry. Weeping Japanese Cherry (Prunus Snow Fountains®) (also sold as White Fountains) Weeping Cherry Tree (Prunus subhirtella) Weeping Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea') is said to have white or pink blooms. A couple more bloom photos from the database for comparison: Info at University of Illinois extension page: http://extension.illinois.edu/... ~ 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! |
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