Hey there permies, I've got these little guys volunteering in my garden this year (the garden didn't get much attention, as you can see
).
Local friend thought they looked like a "weed" tree she removes. A farmer friend wasn't positive but reminded me "you shall know them by their fruit"... Don't think I ought to leave them to fruit though, since they're right over the utility easement (power,
water, cable, phone, gas...I don't think sewer is back there though).
A bit of poking around and
online identifiers leads me to believe they might be chokecherries. Makes sense, I thought they look vaguely prunish. I had cherished some hopes of something better, since they're right in the spot where my
apple and pear cores and plum pits tend to
land.
If they're something productive, I'd like to relocate them. If not.... well I've thought about putting something out front for summer shade, but my
yard is pretty small as it is.
Zone 6-ish, FWIW.
TIA!