Help identifying tree

Ivrytwr3

Rescued this from a building site! Anyone able to identify for me?

twopenny

I don't know but it's a nice looking tree. Congratulations.

Do you know anyone with the plant identifier app? It's really good.

Nobbie1967

Looks like a plum (prunus) of some sort. Difficult to narrow it down much. Could just be a wild plum that self seeded. If it’s a cultivated variety it would probably be grafted onto a rootstock. Is there a noticeable joint at the bottom of the trunk?

twopenny

Looking at the bark it could be an ornamental cherry.
It's been allowed to grow a bit rangy and straggly though. Been in that pot too long.
Good find tho. Would be near £100 these days for one that size.

Krakkkers

Download plant.net app for your phone and take a picture.

LessImpecunious

Krakkkers said:

Download plant.net app for your phone and take a picture.

But don't necessarily trust it...https://www.newscientist.com/article/2367068-apps-that-identify-plants-can-be-as-little-as-4-per-cent-accurate/

Sarahspangles

LessImpecunious said:

Krakkkers said:

Download plant.net app for your phone and take a picture.

But don't necessarily trust it...https://www.newscientist.com/article/2367068-apps-that-identify-plants-can-be-as-little-as-4-per-cent-accurate/

Agree - they’re really inaccurate, yet people just take them on trust. For example I’ve ID’d plants for friends via Facebook and another friend will say ‘Oh but the app says it’s…’ and will suggest it’s some rare subtropical plant that happens to have vaguely similar flowers that would die within 24 hours in the UK.

Nobbie1967

Just checked the plums on the rough ground by our allotment site and they are pretty much identical to this including the bark. The bad news is that they rarely fruit. I suspect ours are suckers from an original plum tree of some sort, so will most likely be St Julian which is widely used as a rootstock.

RAS

One of the St Julien's does produce fruit, essentially small greengages, in prodigious quantities if you're lucky. Old Brompton produces small red plums that are lovely.