What is this tree?

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This tree is in our backyard. It is beautiful for about a week in the summer, and has lots of great shade. We love it but don't know what it is. I live in Western Wyoming so it survives through harsh winters.

Diane Sterling · Answer

Do you have a closeup of the flowers and bark? That will help narrow it down.

Kris Lee · Answer

No I don't. I can try to get one and post it too.

Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com · Answer

Its a pretty tree with a wonderful view of the mountains. What else do you need to know? lol 
Does it bloom only in spring? Doe is have any berries or create any fruit?

Cathy Kopp · Answer

It doesn't have a 'normal' trunk. Maybe a white lilac bush?

Heather (New House New Home) · Answer

It might be a flowering almond.

Douglas Hunt · Answer

Hmmm. That's the kind of bloom you would expect to see in spring.

Judy Gerardi · Answer

You could take a small branch to a nursery. They could tell. It almost looks like the trees that are planted down the middle of highways and are pink, red or white, but for the life of me, can't remember the name.

Vanessa Godfrey · Answer

do the leaves bud out while the flowers are still there, then the flowers fall?

Sandy Lampros · Answer

looks similar to a Bradford Pear.

161389 · Answer

I have no idea what the tree is, but absolutely love your backyard view. Beautiful!

Jamie Smith · Answer

Dogwood?

Gardens By Design, LLC · Answer

Does it have red berries in fall? If so, it could be a Kousa Dogwood. They bloom in late May here in Atlanta so it is likely to be a summer bloomer in Wyoming. A close up of the flowers would confirm it.

Kris Lee · Answer

Dogwood is probably what it is since they seem to do well in our area. It is not a white lilac, have had those before, and have purple lilacs directly behind the tree in the pic. It only flowers in the spring, and there are not any berries or fruit of any kind later. 
Yes my view is beautiful and I am grateful every day for it. I won't be back to the house until Friday night, but will try to take a pic of the leaves and hopefully any flowers that are remaining up close. It smells INCREDIBLE!

Debby Boyle · Answer

It could be a Linden that has not been trimmed as it grew, so it is shaped like a bush.

Cheryl · Answer

Based on the trunk it looks like a crepe myrtle but they bloom all summer in Georgia.

R.V.R. Farris · Answer

Take a sample to your County Extension Agent, they should know what it is.

Diane · Answer

Doesn't look like any Dogwood I have seen here in the south. I with some of the others, take a small branch to a nursery center.

Luella Eirsdottir · Answer

it might be a katsura. If it flowers after the leaves emerge and the flowers are small (about the size of a quarter) and many and they drop in a fairly short time, that might be what it is. Some of them set small nuts, similar to a cherry pit on a stem.

Judy · Answer

Wyoming huh? the view looks a lot like the hills around here in SW Oregon. Very pretty tree or bush but I have no clue what it might be & there really isn't much point guessing. We really need a close up of the blossoms, leaves etc.

Beverly Cooley · Answer

Do the flower buds look pink and is there red fruit in the fall? This looks a lot like my Snowdrift Crab Apple tree. Mine has a short trunk and then a wide spread rather than looking bush like. Do the flower petals fall almost all in one day?

Susan Ziemak · Answer

service berry?

Edwin Apgar · Answer

looks like a dog wood to me

Vicki Melton · Answer

It could be a Fringe Tree--they can be multi-trunked like this tree and crepe myrtles are. I've seen them in GardenGate magazine, and in Springhill Nursery's catalog and have considered buying one. They have white blooms and an open, pretty architectural form. Why don't you Google 'fringe tree' and see what you think? I think it might also be called 'Japanese Fringe Tree'

Kris Lee · Answer

I just posted more pictures. I also Googled Dogwood tree leaf & blossom. They look similar but am still uncertain.

Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com · Answer

Close up of flower on tree says to me that the Dogwood wins!

Kathy Zens · Answer

from the flowers it looks to be some kind of apple tree. We have one in our yard that blooms but never bares fruit. If the flowers were pink I would say cherry tree.
 You do not have to take a cutting of your tree to the extension office, just give them a call and the agent will come out and view the entire tree in it's natural environment.. Good Luck.

The Blooming Gardener · Answer

I think Beverly C. identifies it as a crabapple correctly. Crabapples come in hundreds of different Varities, including one, a Canadian native called Spring Snow that never has fruit, fragrant, Five petal blossoms, buds are pink and open white, but mainly has no fruit.
Chambersville Tree Farm online site has photos posted that look exactly like your photos of the flowers and the tree. In my area we have the crabapples that are covered in fruit, and are very susceptible to fireblight, and so tend to die off fairly young.

The Blooming Gardener · Answer

http://www.chambersvilletreefarms.com/availability/spring-snow-crabapple/

Traci Winyard · Answer

It is Definitely Not a dogwood. The pink buds and white flowers look like the blossoms on an apple tree we had.

Ronnie Sensinger · Answer

Looks just like the crabapple in my front yard. The buds start out pink and turn to white flowers, just like my crabapple. Dogwoods have only four petals on their flowers and their stamens are tight little nodules, not feathery with anthers. I'd say that rules out dogwood.

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