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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:58:38 -0500
From: BirdAHikes at aol.com
Reply-To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Off topic query, Trees

<What are the flowering trees with the small pink flowers that are
<blooming now?

If you are on the West side of the Cascades, I'll bet they're Flowering Plum,
"Prunus" many species. I have one in my back yard but I live on the East
side and it won't bloom for another 2-3 weeks at least! Lucky you! When we
went to Seattle last spring, we saw them in bloom all along I-90 from
Bellevue through Mercer Island.

Maia Kelly
Selah, WA

I can confirm Maia Kelly's identification. I have at least half a dozen
young flowering plums in flower now. Mine are all offspring of a single
tree that volunteered on my (or the city's ?) property about 15-20 years
ago. Puget Power considered it a menace and removed it, but not before
it had reproduced itself abundantly. In my trees the flowers are more
white than pink, and the plums are quite edible.

Bill Hatheway
Mercer Island