This thing is huge and the “trunk” portion is pretty thick.
I know it has to come out as it’s far too close to our foundation and downspout but what even is it? Hubbs thinks it’s ornamental I’m firmly in camp “it’s a weed”
Any ideas? And thank you!
by VickkStickk
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For some reason the post didn’t take the full photo. Just the up close of the leaves. Here’s the full size thing.
Looks like a wild cherry (depending on your location). *Prunus serotina*, I believe
I don’t know the name but it is growing too close to your house.
As someone else said, some kind of wild cherry. And as another person said, yes, way too close to your foundation/wall. It would be a cool plant if it was growing anywhere else.
Wild cherry for sure
Well damn. That’s too bad.
I am aware it is far too close and has to come down. No matter what but it sucks that it seems to be a pretty cool plant.
Idk how to edit my post but thank you everyone for the suggestions! I may try to propagate and keep in a pot for now. I live in an HOA so I can’t plant a tree without approval.. guess no one told the bird that dropped the seed here lol
A big ole weed
Cherry.. they do make a semi decent tree.
Looks like a peach tree to me
Being that close to the house is probably because a bird perched above and “deposited” the seed. It needs to come out to prevent damage to the structure.
I’ve had them resprout from roots before. If you’re feeling adventurous and willing to spend the time digging out the roots while accepting the possibility of nothing happening, transplanting is an option
I doubt the root ball is too big if you want to try to keep it. Wait until it’s dormant this winter, dig up as much of the root ball as you can. Stick it somewhere with full sun, stake it properly, and make sure to water regularly next year. Don’t bother if you don’t have a full sun location you want to dedicate to it. I’m also in the midatlantic and my yard had some similar cherry trees that were mostly shaded under poplar and oak canopies. They were very lanky, blooms were weak, and as far as I could tell they never produced fruit for wildlife.
I have several black cherry (prunus serotina) on my property, and the leaves are too long for that. Looks more like a peach to me, I’ve got a couple of volunteer peaches too and it definitely looks like them. Pic of one of my black cherries from this year. It was a good harvest year. But you can see proportionally how short those leaves really are.
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Dig it out and try to put it farther from the house? Never know it might live -it’s young so not a ton of roots.
Is this Bay leaf plant??
Do the leaves have any distinctive smell? Are there any buds that we can see?
Could also be a mazzard cherry
Looks like black cherry but not the grocery store black chery, the one that tastes like 1950s extremely bitter cherry medicine wild one
Looks like a peach tree
These are extremely hardy trees. Wait until fall is truly here, and then just dig it up and move it to a spot you’d like a fantastic native shade tree.
Weed cut it and murder it! Then plant hedges, roses, shrubbery
Gonna move up to the country….
Dig it out
It’s a dead tree. Remove it ASAP. lol