Would anyone like to see my Plums.!!!

The Spring is here, the sap is rising and my Plums are looking good. This one is a Blackthorn. Took pics with a black and a white background.

A couple of close ups of the flowers

A Damson, planted in the garden. Originally a sucker

And a Greengage, raised from seed and planted in the garden. It's a wonderful time is Spring. Can't wait to taste my plums, later in the year.

Nice...

I love this kind of tree. I had to!

Hello Mario. I like the virtual very much. I haven't done anything to this tree for a couple of years. My intention is to let it flower, then give it a good pruning. This tree is very strong and at the end of May I will leaf prune and then wire.

Hello Will,
I like shari on this tree,
Lots of potential

c'est un prunus Spinosa

Loverly set of plums on you, Will I like Mario's take on it too - it tidies it up without losing too much of its wildness. Dave

Hi Will.

Really very beautiful tree. Congratulations.

Pavel

Hey Will, nice flowers.

Don't like the weeds in the soil.

Beautiful tree, Will. and lovely flowers. Is it still in a training pot?

I like the trunk. I have been trying to figure out what to do with a crab apple of mine, something along these lines could very well be the answer. Any chance I could see a couple more sides of this one? Thanks.

Hi Wil,
Very good blackthorn you got there.
Did you work on the deadwood? I appreciate it's age very much.
IMHO, This is going to be a great tree with a great future.How tall is it?

Will a really beautiful piece of work here. extremely inspiring as to what can be done with such a trunk. IM assuming this is your work or did you dig it like this? Meaning the shari. We have many wild plum here that are just waiting to be collected.

Pascal. Yes it's Prunus Spinosa. Other names are Blackthorn and Sloe.

Dave. So glad you like my Plums.

Pavel. Thanks for your kind words.

Rob. I don't like weeds in my pots either but they have a persistant habit.

Faisal. This pot was a spoil from my kiln and will be changed in the near future.

Austin. I will post some more pics for you tomorrow.

Jeremy and Antonio. This tree came from the same building site as my English Elm with the deadwood. Yes I created the shari, some years ago and then left the tree to bulk up. The carving was done 2 years ago.

Here are four views of the trunk

Hope these help.

On top still works, you can see evidence of the clip is not it?? but nice anyway.

Will,
Really nice, Those flowers & deadwood are wonderful. Can't think of anything I don't like about it. Thanks for sharing these so we can all enjoy springtime a little more.

Neil

Thanks Pascal and Neil. It's also worth mentioning that the bark on this tree was smooth when collected. Blackthorn seem to bark up quite nicely in a pot situation

Hey Will!
How do damsons differ from sloe? The reason I ask is that near where I live I’m sure there are damson growing in a hedge alongside sloe trees. I’ve tasted the larger fruit of the perceived damson and found it to be a little more edible than that of the sloe which is far too bitter and dry. How do you get a positive ID? Many thanks for your help.