Please help ID this Tree_San Joaquin Valley_CA

hirschy41

I have this evergreen in my back yard and would like to know what it is so that i can lokk for another one to potentially add to the yard.

Please let me know if these pics need to be resized for easier viewing. thanks a million.

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Brent Ferris

I presume you consider it evergreen because the tree always has leaves? Strictly speaking, it is a deciduous tree with an evergreen habit.

Don't know what it is though. The tiny serrations and the miniscule buds are a puzzle.. Don't suppose you have any pics of the flowers or the fruit?

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hirschy41

No, I don't have any pictures of the flowers unfortunately. This has never produced any fruit. But I do know that when this thing blooms, there are bees like you would not believe. Makes me think back to my parents old bottlebrush. I feel I am doing my part to save the bee population by having this around the :-) plus the small bottlebrush that was planted last spring.

Initially I did not like the tree, but has grown on me, and now I would like to plant maybe two more along that same fence since it provides a nice 'screen' from the alley and the sun setting in the west every afternoon.

Bowani Siam

It looks like a species of Xylosma. Perhaps Xylosma congestum? These are bee-attracting, and the flowers are quite 'unspectacular'.

Do you have a description of the flowers?

hirschy41

I did not recall much of a flower. I goggled the name you mentioned, and there were a few pictures of the plant flowering, with small clumps of 'buds'. I would have to say you are likely correct. If this thing flowered more than those pictures, I am sure I would have an easier time remembering what they looked like.

Thanks for the input.