Mysterious flowering tree in my garden

[declan_murphy]

Would some kind soul be able to help identify this flowering tree for me please?

Declan, Botanically challenged, Okazaki, Japan

[Jangchub]

It looks to me like witch hazel.

[cb]

I think it looks like some kind of cherry tree. Leaves are too pointy for witch hazel, I believe.

[Lar]

In article , declan [e-mail] says... :) Would some kind soul be able to help identify this flowering tree for :) me please? :) :)

:) Regards Declan, :) Botanically challenged, :) Okazaki, Japan :) :) Guessing a flowering cherry or plum species. You might look up Prunus serrulata a type of flowering cherry..there are several varieties that have slightly different flower looks.

[Elaine]

[Val]

Those blossoms look like witch hazel to me also. I also seem to remember reading about a pink or red witch hazel somewhere, only it's not actually a Hamamelis, the flower just very much resembles this. Don't have time to power Google now, maybe later if somebody doesn't give it a shot first.

Val

[declan_murphy]

Serrulata was one of my earlier guesses, but the leaves and petal structure seem quite different to any images I've been able to find to compare it with. I'll try to post some pics of those leaves that haven't been entirely devoured.

Regards Declan

[told2b]

Hamamelis X intermedia 'Diane'

Is it winter in Japan now?

[declan_murphy]

Stinking hot, humid, middle of summer, beer garden time of year.

Regards Declan

[Ann]

"told2b" expounded:

That is definitely not a Hamamelis, it's some form of a cherry. The leaves are totally wrong, and the color is off for 'Diane'.

[Stewart Robert Hinsley]

In message , declan [e-mail] writes

Try "Prunus persica" in Google, rather than "Prunus persia"

[told2b]

Sorry for confusion. I was trying to answer Val not Declan.