Unknown small shrub

[Linda_Foulis]

Hello,
I saw this growing in the ditch close to home.  I've gone through my native plant book and done several online searches and am baffled as to what it might be. 

The pictures are not good at all, however it's all I have of this little beauty.  I've since gone back to that spot and found round fuzzy pods on this shrub.  The entire pant is only 2 feet tall but this could be attributed to the conditions it's growing in.
Any ideas would be welcome.

[Arykana]

Those are  blooming in my garden and have no idea what or who is it

[Robert G]

Is Prunus tenella a possiblity? Form the picture it looks like it. It would flower in ther early spring and have the 'almond' fruit about now.

[Maggi Young]

Erika: your plant is Glaucium flavum called the "horned poppy" in English.

It grows near the sea in nature, but can  seed itself in gardens.



Linda: your little shrub looks like a prunus, but that doesn't fit the fuzzy pods, does it? Hmm... a puzzle  

Almond outers wouldn't be described as " round pods" though, would they?  

[Linda_Foulis]

Here is a picture of the 'fuzzy pods'.   I think Prunus tenella is correct, and that would explain why I couldn't find it my native plant book!
How bizarre that it would be growing where it is.  I wonder how it got there?  I'm speculating, but it appears to have been there for some time and it has spread about.

I cracked open one of my pods and it was empty, the other two (pictured) look more promising.  What should I do with them?  Would it be possible to germinate them and if so how?

[cohan]

Hello,
I saw this growing in the ditch close to home.  I've gone through my native plant book and done several online searches and am baffled as to what it might be. 

The pictures are not good at all, however it's all I have of this little beauty.  I've since gone back to that spot and found round fuzzy pods on this shrub.  The entire pant is only 2 feet tall but this could be attributed to the conditions it's growing in.
Any ideas would be welcome.

glad to see you found an answer, certainly didnt look like any native to me
i guess this is one of those flowering plums popular in gardens? must have been spread by birds; i likewise found a shrub --actually out in the bush, not even near a road, that i dont have a name for, but recognise from hedges in the city! though probably it didnt travel that far, just from some country person's garden...

[Robert G]

Linda,

Prunus tenella was used quite a bit in the colder parts of Canada as an ornamental. They would try anything from colder parts of Asia. I am sure it is/was at the Morden research station. It never caught on here in Ottawa, but we have some nice specimens at the Dominion Arboretum. For some reason the plant can become a nice woody shrub, 4-5 ft. tall, or a group of suckers about 2ft. tall. It is neat it just popped up for you. It is also strange because it never produces seed here. I only have read about them. So thnaks for the picture. Take care.

[Arykana]

Prunus grow everywhere here, tolerant hard winter and hot summer

Thank you Maggi, I called my shurb UFOplant and have no ide how is came in my garden - the sea quite a distance
I surched up the net, but only found 10 sentence in Hungarian but found enough information in English