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Theo @lemmy.world

1w ago

This tree with flowers on the trunk.

What kind?

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That looks a lot like the tree we have in our garden, and I believe that is a Japanese Cherry.
- Definitely Japanese Cherry. I live near a bunch of these and they look just like this
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_serrulata
  
  They are beautiful.

Gardener: “If I trim these branches way back, they won’t sprout.”
Flowers: “That’s what you think.”

This usually happens when a tree is stressed
- I wish I sprouted flowers when I was stressed.
  
  For real
- Epicormic growth and not always no some trees like the Sakura cherry just do it some times. It should definitely be checked out for health but it's not necessarily a sign of stress.
  
  Thanks for the new word
- So much more elegant than the rashes I get when stressed.

Flowers look exactly like sakura. But yes it's strange to see the flowers that low.
The tree at the background has the same flowers, and it's also sakura.
- It's a badly tended Sakura, you don't normally see them like that because they're normally tended to not have low growth so growth stays focused on the crown.

dogwood?
- Dogwood would be white
  
  Dogwoods come in shades of pink and red too, plus their blossoms look completely different.
  
  I guess I was too young and never questioned it. Growing up we called them pink and white dogwoods around Tennessee. ~~Almost~~ certainly wrong.
  
  And stinky
- It’s definitely a cherry tree.

Pollen producing bastard

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