Flowers 2025

[SirBigSpur]

Gorgeous.

Thank you! I’m a huge fan of it. Got it on a big discount somehow. Flowered profusely even in its first year in the ground.

 

[SouthernMaple]

Ran into a lady that said this wasn't a flowering plum but a crabapple, beautiful tree on my neighborhood walk that smells so lovely this time of year when everyone is burning. After reading up on prunus mume, I feel like she is wrong and, it is in fact a flowering plum, mainly because the petals are round and there are no leaves with the flowers, its not a cherry because the flowers are on the branch and cherries aren't very pleasantly fragrant as plum. The bark on the tree doesn't have the horizontal lines of a cherry either. Anyone out there to educate me?

 

[Carol 83]

Ran into a lady that said this wasn't a flowering plum but a crabapple, beautiful tree on my neighborhood walk that smells so lovely this time of year when everyone is burning. After reading up on prunus mume, I feel like she is wrong and, it is in fact a flowering plum, mainly because the petals are round and there are no leaves with the flowers, its not a cherry because the flowers are on the branch and cherries aren't very pleasantly fragrant as plum. The bark on the tree doesn't have the horizontal lines of a cherry either. Anyone out there to educate me?View attachment 583539

We have both a plum and crabapple in our yard, though both have white flowers. The plum blooms prior to leafing out, the crab after. Whatever that is, it sure is pretty.