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Identify these plants? #871930

Asked June 06, 2024, 3:47 PM EDT

Hi! This is Emailed Question #1 of 2:

I am requesting plant identifications for a decorative tree we have, plus 2 plants. Thank you in advance!

Hennepin County Minnesota

Expert Response

Thanks for the question.

The plant in pic #20240506 is a perennial known as cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera). See:

https://trees.umn.edu/newport-plum-prunus-cerasifera-newport

The plant in pic #20240515 is a perennial known as red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa). See:

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/red-berried-elder

The plant in pic #20240530 is a perennial known as Silver Cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea). See:

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/silver-cinquefoil

Thank you for consulting our forum.

An Ask Extension Expert Replied June 06, 2024, 4:31 PM EDT

Ah, the Cherry Plum is a wonderful little tree that I'm going  to have to trim.  Boo Hoo.  The flowers, which we get every couple of years of so smell just like bubblegum.  "Cherry" works, also.

Thank you!

-carl

PS, we have what I'm told are "white elderberries" at our cabin.  Not for wine!  But in either case (red or white) we never seem to get fruit; the birds swarm these bushes.  Ah.

The Question Asker Replied June 06, 2024, 8:07 PM EDT

Glad to  be of assistance.  Thanks again for consulting us.

An Ask Extension Expert Replied June 06, 2024, 8:19 PM EDT

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