Mystery tree / shrub

Wild_Violet

Hi, does anyone recognise what this plant is?  I had thought it was a pyracantha but it’s obviously losing its leaves for winter (or dying as I had to relocate it) or is it something else?  I have temporarily moved it into a large pot to help it recover from digging it up and work out where to plant it.  It’s around 2m + tall and the leaves were medium green.  I’ve not known it to flower or produce any fruit and it started off in a small plastic pot several years ago (possibly a rescue.). Thanks.

Wild_Violet

Could it be an immature blackthorn?  I would be pretty happy if it was. 😊

Fairygirl

Not blackthorn, unless there's something odd about the scale of the photo.
Maybe a quince of some kind. 

Wild_Violet

Thanks @Fairygirl
I was mostly looking up at the plant in my photos as it is over  2m tall. I’ll leave it in its pot and see what spring brings. 😊

Fairygirl

If it's been on the pot a long time, it may not perform as it should. 
Maybe it is blackthorn, but the foliage looks too broad. I could go and look at mine but it's dark 
Perhaps @Silver surfer can have a look if she's around 

Hostafan1

I thought blackthorn, but the leaves seem too big. 
I'd say Prunus of some sort though

Wild_Violet

Thanks @Hostafan1
I’ll take another photo tomorrow with my hand in a shot with the leaves to show scale better. I think the third photo above does make the leaves look bigger than they really are.

Silver surfer

It does look like Prunus sp.
But have tried to see thorns for Prunus spinosa...common name Blackthorn, but cannot see any.
Don't think leaves are right for Blackthorn either.

https://www.google.com/search?q=prunus+spinosa+leaves&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipuNyb7OPzAhUCy4UKHTS8AdgQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5

Wild_Violet

Thank you @Silver surfer

It does have thorns (more like spikes!) but it maybe hasn’t got off to the best start in life.   I probably rescued it and stuck it in a pot, as I am want to do with any saplings growing in the garden.  I can’t really remember how long it had been in the pot but I suddenly noticed that it had become very tall and as it was very near to a (shaded) wall that adjoins my house, I needed to move it. The poor thing had grown quite large roots through the small plastic pot but who knows how long it had been bound in there. I really hope it survives whatever it is. 

Dovefromabove

Looks like a prunus to me … but which one I dunno 🤷‍♀️ 
A close up pic of the blossom in the spring will help. 😊 

Wild_Violet

Thanks @Dovefromabove  
I’ve never seen it flower so maybe now that it’s out of the shade it might be happier.  I’ll post again in spring hopefully with an update. 😊