I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I have a tree out on front of my place - UPDATED WITH PHOTO

[MIButterfly]

Last edited Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:46 PM - Edit history (2)

that gets dark pink buds on it in late April, early May. The buds turn into pink blossoms, which then turn white and last about two weeks or so. The flowers are always gone before Memorial Day. Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Do they fruit?

The only thing I can think of is crabapple, but I’ve been stuck in Florida for 35 years and can’t remember what else it might be…

[MIButterfly]

2. No, just flowers

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. Hm.

Can’t remember if we had magnolias up in Iowa… Only other pink>white blossoms I can think of. Sorry.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

6. Ooh!

I haven’t used it in ages so it didn’t occur to me, but if you try the. PlantNet app on your phone and take a picture of it, the odds are really good that it will give you the answer.

[Nittersing]

3. This website says there are nine trees with pink flowers that turn white

https://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/top-6-spring-blooming-trees/

Any of them look familiar?

[MIButterfly]

8. No, not really

Thank you for your reply. That was nice of you to send me the link to the website. There are some pretty flowering trees on it.

I always mean to take pictures of the buds and then the pink flowers and the white flowers and take them to a gardening store to see if they know what kind of tree it is but I always forget. They're already starting to bloom now.

[Lochloosa]

5. Sounds like a Japanese magnolia.

Magnolia liliiflora - Wikipedia https://share.google/IO4tdqOwpNGALMpUl

[magicarpet]

7. A photo while in the flowering state would be helpful to identify it for you.

[MIButterfly]

10. I took a photo with my phone but don't know how to get it on DU

DUer George McGovern was kind enough to send me step-by-step instructions but I still couldn't figure it out.

Anybody have an easy way to do it?

[usonian]

16. shortest path for phones

go to https://postimages.org

push the "Choose Images" button after selecting a size (don't resize or "medium image"

It will ask for a photo from your camera roll. "Photo Library"

Pick one. There will be a checkmark when you do.

ADD

It will upload, and use the "direct link"

Yes, postimages sometimes does weird things, but it's easier to explain than https://imgbb.com

(on a computer, drag and drop)

[MIButterfly]

18. I've gotten as far as Direct Link. Now what do I do?

I'm sorry, I'm basically technologically illiterate.

[usonian]

20. select the URL in the "direct link", copy it all. Edit your post.Paste the URL in it, and preview until it works.

Good luck.



can also be done as a test reply.

[MIButterfly]

21. Now I'm starting to wonder - is this a safe thing to do?

[usonian]

24. post a reply. Paste the "direct url" into it, label it test and see what happens. (preview)

I use those two image hosts about 30 times a day (so it seems)

[MIButterfly]

27. Image?

It worked! Thanks, usonian!

This may be a dumb question, but this doesn't give them access to other things on my phone, does it?

[perfessor]

28. Crabapple is my guess.

[usonian]

34. YAY!!! BEAUTIFUL.

A browser has access ONLY to what you allow it to access. At least on an iphone.

I dragged it into the google search bar on the computer and all image results were labeled crabapple.

NICE!!

[MIButterfly]

35. Is that true for an android phone too?

Sorry to be such an ignoramus. Thank you for your patience.

It's like I used to tell the IT guys at work "you're trying to teach an old dog new tricks!"

[usonian]

37. I did computer support for a good number of years, both very high level (university and industry) and for average folks.

I haven't used Android in a very long time.

There is a difference between allowing a browser to access photos (like to upload to a host for DU posting) and Google accessing your photos to store in their cloud.

I tell Apple NOT to copy my photos to their cloud, but I do allow browsers to access them, since I control when that happens.

Best asked in the Computer Help forum where Android experts can be found.

I can't say for sure that the browser can only access your photos. If it didn't ask for permission, then permission must have been granted sometime in the past or by default.

If this alone bothers you, either ask a way to undo permissions (in Computer Help) or just don't store documents like credit card photos and other personal info there.

[magicarpet]

22. Go out in your neighborhood and kidnap an eleven year old. Then bake them a huge tray of chocolate brownies

.... and then sit them down at your computer.
They will figure it out lickity split. Make sure to send them off with a bag full of extra brownies to return to their parents quickly thereafter, or problems might ensue.

Good luck in your computer tutorial by the next door kid.

[patphil]

9. From your description, it sounds like a magnolia.

I have one in my back yard in southern NYS.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. What's the shape of the leaves? What's the bark like? ...

What's the shape of the tree? Is it bush like? Or does it fan out? 🤔

[MIButterfly]

13. It's not bushlike. It's a tree with a trunk and branches

I'm sorry, littlemissmartypants, I am so ignorant about trees, plants and flowers. I really can't give a better description.

A few years ago, a section of the trunk blew off during a day that I didn't think was all that windy and the portion of the trunk blocked my sidewalk for two days until the association could come and remove it. It didn't affect the rest of the tree, though.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. That's ok. If it's a mature tree there are probably not too many pictures to compare it to.

The shape and size of a single leaf would be a helpful detail, though.

[ZDU]

12. Iowa Flora:

https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/spring-flowering-trees-iowa

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Sounds like a magnolia...

Black tulip magnolia:



Ruby Falls Weeping Redbud has pink flowers that turn yellowish. Could be that.
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It could be a type of laurel, too.

I need more information.

What growing zone are you in? That would be a helpful clue, too.

[MIButterfly]

19. I am in Michigan, zone 6

[littlemissmartypants]

23. That expanded the list a little. It could also be a Dogwood.

They come in white, pink and scarlet. The flowers are distinctive.

I'm leaning towards magnolia. Does it leave seedpods on the ground?

[littlemissmartypants]

25. ...

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[MIButterfly]

29. I added a photo to my original post

[littlemissmartypants]

30. You have yourself a camellia, my dear MIButterfly. No doubt about it. ❤️

[usonian]

17. "Sounds like" a magnolia. I grew one or two in the past.

[usonian]

26. PLAN B

I hate to say this but I do it sometimes.

Rather than suggest a plant identification website.

Go to images.google.com
Click on the little camera/photo icon
It will let you upload that photo

In the results, most of them have plant names on them. One will match closely, and that's the name.

[Easterncedar]

31. Ornamental cherry was my thought

Google thinks its a plum.

[spooky3]

32. The flowers look like a late blooming (Kwanzan) cherry (photo in post). If the tree

Is short and wide (as opposed to tall and more narrow) my guess would be that.

Here’s a photo: https://bowerandbranch.com/products/kwanzan-japanese-flowering-cherry?variant=45558705062042&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=pmax&utm_content=%7Bcreative_id%7D&utm_term=%7Bsearch_term%7D&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23461284145&gbraid=0AAAAA-yGZAKOXhsIr3YO8hTrEZVf_P1Wh&gclid=CjwKCAjwhqfPBhBWEiwAZo196txGuxc0ni9OJK4Av-vQa1NddhymTGUBPhejrosXJEHQ6ekqL2grYhoCfHoQAvD_BwE

[usonian]

36. That's beautiful.

For $2200, it had BETTER be beautiful

I'd be taking photos myself, but flowering things are kind of limited here to whatever deer don't eat entirely.

It almost seems odd that there's anything that they don't eat.

Sad for me, roses are like CANDY to them.

May move this year.

[spooky3]

38. Baby trees are much less expensive. Cherries are beautiful. Nt

[usonian]

40. Well, now you know what to do with those cherry pits!

[Easterncedar]

33. Look up Kwanzan cherry

Is the bark on the smaller limbs dark with very thin light horizontal stripes?

[ultralite001]

39. Looks like a flowering quince...

Toyo Nishiki... or some other variety... Quite prized for their beautiful blooms...

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c773

[electric_blue68]

41. Happening upon this....beautiful tree!