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Your frontyard is looking good and packed with roses!
Red leafed plums can produce edible fruits! Some are very good, other just little tasteless "waterbags".
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It's probably like 35 years old (as the house) and doesn't seem to produce anything except red leaves and - hopefully - a decent support for a vigorous rambler!
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#2 of 6 posted
25 JUN 12 by
 Jay-Jay
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What about flowers in spring?
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They're dark pink, nearly invisible on the foliage ... hence I've also never been able to take a decent picture. Here is one of the Forsythia though!
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#4 of 6 posted
25 JUN 12 by
Jay-Jay
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That's a special red-leafed plum, for the most of them have light pink flowers.
A nice Fosythia busch that is. most of the people prune them too hard!
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It gets very little pruning; just shortening branches that get in the way. Some of our neighbours have forsythias in formal hedges; these hardly blossom at all. Especially since they prune them in late winter, cutting away, I think, all the wood that would otherwise blossom in spring.
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#6 of 6 posted
26 JUN 12 by
Jay-Jay
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Yup, pruning well, is a lot about timing!... And noticing the effect it had, to learn from the experience!
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