Small tree

[wooden shoe]

I have a small tree which popped up in the garden. It sheds it's leaves late, these photo's are from 28 November 2015. When it was colder it finally lost all it's leafs, but now it is starting to grow already. So if I want to move it somewhere else I have to be fast.
Can anyone tell me what it is? Or give a family name?
I found the offset of the leafs typical, that might be a hint.
Thanks a lot,
Rob

[Hoy]

A peach tree maybe?

[Graeme]

would need to actually see it but it looks like Quercus phellos (willow oak) to me  - but I am usually wrong - is it wet in that area?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_phellos

I was admiring the fencing behind as well

[fermi de Sousa]

I'd agree with Trond and say it is a peach or nectarine. Would you ave thrown any pits out in that area?
It would be better to move it when dormant but if you have to move it now, take as much of the root system as you can and trim any broken roots to avoid rot setting in.
cheers
fermi

[Gabriela]

I was just about to say the same - like Trond and Fermi.
In any case, a close-up picture of a twig with the buds would clarify it, or at least eliminate some species. The buds/leaf scars are best for trees ID when not in leaf.
Oaks have particular buds, imbricates and usually angled away from the stem.

[Lesley Cox]

I also thought a peach tree but I don't think the new growth stems are quite right.

[Maggi Young]

would need to actually see it but it looks like Quercus phellos (willow oak) to me  - but I am usually wrong - is it wet in that area?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_phellos

I was admiring the fencing behind as well

I see where you are coming from  with that, Graeme - the foliage looks superficially to be in threes - but I'm not sure it is  in fact.  (I liked the fence too!)

[johnw]

I doubt it's Quercus phellos as at least here it is not an early leafer.  It does hang onto a number of leaves through the winter.  The leaves on your tree appear to be too large and the margins are not smooth compared with the tree I know here though the spindly habit is a match.  It is not a tree that is truly happy here especially out on the cooler coast where the one in the photo is, think it wants for a hotter climate.

johnw

[wooden shoe]

Thank you very much. We do like peaches a lot, and throw the pits in the garden. It might be a paraguaya too (Prunus persica var. platycarpa) we like those a lot. But a peach it is. I will try to find it a good spot.
Thank you all very much!

[de.da.]

Hi.
Yes that could be.
Its definitely a prunus species.
All prunus have " glandular bumps" at the leaves (leaf stalk).
Kind regards.