Apple blossoms
March 4th, 2008 by Brianna
Blossoms on our apple tree in early spring:
white apple blossoms
tiny cumulus clouds
on grey branches
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(PS: Help a newbie out–does anyone know what kind of tree these blooms belong to?
I’d be grateful for the ID if you know.)
Posted in blooms
March 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm CST
It looks like your flowering tree could be a pink cherry tree. I could be wrong I really don’t know much about trees.
Yes! I think you may be on to something. A Purple Leaf Sand Cherry, maybe? It’s a small tree, with simple, reddish-purple leaves, and the light pink single blooms you see in the photo above. Thanks for the tip.
-Brianna
March 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm CST
I would say its probably a ‘Prunus’ of some sort. Either cherry or plum. My guess would be a cherry, maybe the ‘Okame.’ Is it ornamental or has it fruited edible fruit before?
Ornamental, I think? We bought this house in May 2007, and I haven’t noticed any fruit yet. Thanks for commenting, Dave.
-Brianna
March 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm CST
And my guess is peach.
Ok, cool, thanks!
-Brianna
March 5th, 2008 at 4:46 pm CST
Peach!! I’m sure of it, my mom has several trees….but then again I could be wrong.
Ok, that makes 2 votes for peach. (I still have caucusing on the brain.) Do peach trees have reddish-purple foliage?
Thanks for commenting.
-Brianna
March 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm CST
I don’t know. I thought of a dogwood immediately, then realized that didn’t sound right at all. Not very good with trees. And at this point in my life, I’m lucky to remember my name! It sure is pretty though.
Brenda
I would have recognized a dogwood immediately, having seen many of them in the woods of East Texas where I grew up. I’d love to have a dogwood tree! I wonder whether they do well in Austin…
-Brianna
March 6th, 2008 at 5:37 pm CST
I don’t know for sure but I can tell you that some Cherry trees have white blossoms and some Apple trees have pink blossoms. You will just have to wait and see what develops. It will be a nice surprise.
I like you poem.
Thanks, Lisa.
-Brianna
March 7th, 2008 at 8:54 am CST
ok - being in Texas, it looks like a Mexican purple plum to me because the blooms look just like mine. What does the shape of the tree look like? Does it have a rounded canopy or is it upright?
I checked out photos of Mexican plum trees on the Wildflower Center website, and I don’t think that’s it. The blooms are similar, but the foliage on my tree is a striking reddish-purple, not at all like the foliage on the Mexican plum photos I saw. Thanks for the suggestion, though–now I’ve learned a little about Mexican plums.
-Brianna
March 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm CST
Does it get cold enough for apples to fruit in Austin. I didn’t think one could grow apple trees here.
I’m really not sure. We inherited our apple tree from a previous owner. We did see one or two small apples last year, but that’s all. And the birds found those before we did.
-Brianna
March 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm CDT
The blooms look just like those on our peach trees in the lower Rio Grande Valley. When you get a definitive identity, let us know!
Mary Beth @ Cultivating Paradise
Hi, Mary Beth. I think I’ve got the ID, and I’m planning to post about it soon…
-Brianna
April 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm CDT
I have an almost identical picture of my Vesuvius Plum blooming.
Yes! I now think my tree is an ornamental plum tree, probably Prunus cerasifera.
-Brianna