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Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:32 am
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:32 am
I’ve got this tree in my back yard and I believe we got it from the Arbor Day Foundation. It looks like some sort of crape myrtle, but the leaves aren’t very waxy, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a CM with “saw-toothed” leaves like that. And on top of it, it’s about 3 years old and has never flowered. Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:34 am to
definitely not a crepe myrtle.

I'd likely lean toward more of a fruit tree but they would have already bloomed.
Posted by DarthTiger
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:40 am to
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This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 10:53 pm
Posted by Geauxld Finger
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 10:48 am to
I'd lean towards a citrus tree of some type. Although even in its infancy, some trees will fruit.

does it drop its leave in fall/winter?
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 11:00 am to
Like others have said it's some type of fruiting tree....
This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 12:26 pm
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 11:10 am to
Yes it does drop leaves.

ETA: after some googling from all of the suggestions, looks like maybe a lime tree?
This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 12:06 pm
Posted by BRich
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Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

ETA: after some googling from all of the suggestions, looks like maybe a lime tree?


I have two lime trees (a regular and a key lime), that's definitely not a lime tree. Leaves look nothing like that-- (definitely not serrated edges) and the some branches have thorns.

Might be a type of cherry tree. Cherry trees have serrated leaves:
This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 1:57 pm
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 2:07 pm to
I agree. Certainly looks like it could be a cherry tree. Thanks. I guess there would need to be another cherry tree in the general area in order to actually produce fruit, right?
Posted by luvdoc
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 2:18 pm to
persimmon? edit: nah, too much serration
This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 2:21 pm
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 3:31 pm to
Looking at the leaf veins and coarse serration, I don't think its a cherry. I'm going to agree with the earlier poster who said crabapple.

This post was edited on 5/22/20 at 3:32 pm
Posted by Pvt Hudson
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 4:08 pm to
Bradford pear?
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 4:17 pm to
bradford pears are single trunked

dont think its crabapple. leaves are too oval shaped
Posted by shell01
Marianna, FL
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 4:51 pm to
Looks like something in genus Prunus (plum, cherry, etc)
Posted by DarthTiger
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 5:14 pm to
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Posted by TypoKnig
Member since Aug 2011
8928 posts
Posted on 5/23/20 at 7:58 am to
I use this app called PlantSnap to ID random things. It helped me ID things I liked but didn’t know when I was installing my landscaping.

I used it for your zoomed in leaf picture and it came back as a Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana).
This post was edited on 5/23/20 at 8:06 am
Posted by Tigerlaff
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 8:05 am to
It is 100% not a citrus
Posted by Cdawg
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Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 5/24/20 at 11:50 am to
The bark and leaf looks like a Prunus or Malus. It's hard to tell from the pic but at the base of the trunk, it looks like it was a graft and that the original grafted stalk died or broke off and what you have now seems to be 3 suckers that shot off. It's hard to tell unless you have a close-up of that. You could possibly just have a rootstock of a fruit tree and it may or may not ever bear fruit. And if you do get fruit, it may not be what you're expecting.

For example, if you bought a Santa Rosa plum and the main leader broke off, died, etc. the root stock then may shoot off sucker and it could be anything. I've seen certain plums grafted to peach stocks.

This is very common with citrus too. I see it a lot here in Houston. You will see a large orange tree full of fruit but the orange will be more sour and bitter than a lemon. A Meyer lemon typically uses this orange rootstock.
This post was edited on 5/24/20 at 11:52 am
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