By Klahanie_
British Columbia,
Canada
Would anybody know what this is?
Blooming at this time by our entrance gate every year.
Thank you.


27 May, 2022
Answers
Thanks SBG. I added another closeup photo. (I cut )
It looks like some native shrub??? But I have never seen it anywhere else. I could not imagine someone would plant it there.
27 May, 2022
It looks so much like Magnolia Stellata but in the UK, it wouldn't have flowers and leaves at the same time.
27 May, 2022
Thank you Jimmy. The flowers are about half size of my magnolia stellata. I never pay attention to it until it blooms I cannot even say if it is evergreen or deciduous
27 May, 2022
I think it probably is a native. But I would love to know what it is.
27 May, 2022
The closest I could get it is the Amelanchier arborea SBG.
What do you think?
28 May, 2022
Yes I think it could well be, the flowers and leaves look right, a self sown gift from the birds perhaps. I had thought it was a nature's gift with it where it was growing.
It is also a native and produces berries.
rhs link for more info if you are interested.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1059/i-amelanchier-arborea-i/details
29 May, 2022
I would say Amelanchier too.
29 May, 2022
Amelanchier alnifolia has flowers and leaves at the same time so I reckon that's it.
29 May, 2022
The leaves look like Alder too so that name alnifolia would fit nicely.
29 May, 2022
I am glad that we all ended on Amelanchier . Thank you everyone.
29 May, 2022
ooh that is intriguing. I don't recognise it. Is it woody? looks like it might be.
27 May, 2022