Not sure that I agree with the ID's so far. The leaves and bark do not look right for a cherry but in truth the image is not really good enough to be sure on that point. Not sure when the image was taken but if recently it is very late for a cherry.
My feeling is that it is a Leptospermum of one sort or another, but a clearer image would help confirm this.
I think the bit that sticks out at the bottom in front of the gate could be part of the same and is a slightly better view. Though it has more leaves and could be something else or the bit below the graft
I've looked at images of leptospermum and could happily go with that but they're not plants I know well enough to ID
It's a broom - Cytisus. There are a number of red flowered cultivars like Red Favourite or Boskoop Ruby. They go woody like this quite quickly if not trimmed back after flowering.
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cherry?
Possibly http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/product/Mume-Beni-Shidon/
or one of the similar ones.
Can't tell you how old the one in the pic is as so much depends on the way it's been treated etc, but Mume Beni Shidon doesn't grow into a large tree.
Have a look here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT31d-Wp7o4
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Where is this one growing and is it a recent picture? It seems a bit late for cherry blossom. Is the small piece by the gate part of the same?
I think that may have been in place for a good many years
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for your suggestions all, especially Dovefromabove, from your words I have found that this tree is a 'Beni Chi Dori'
The he branches were rough and tough (you would need secateurs to get through even a 3mm thick branch) and the flora was dense and seemed hardy.
This photo was taken in London so I know they can survive here, now just to find a place to buy one And try to nurture it to look as good!
Go into the RHS plant finder,when you put the plant name in it will tell you who is growing it,and you can find out how to purchase it.
Not sure that I agree with the ID's so far. The leaves and bark do not look right for a cherry but in truth the image is not really good enough to be sure on that point. Not sure when the image was taken but if recently it is very late for a cherry.
My feeling is that it is a Leptospermum of one sort or another, but a clearer image would help confirm this.
I think the bit that sticks out at the bottom in front of the gate could be part of the same and is a slightly better view. Though it has more leaves and could be something else or the bit below the graft
I've looked at images of leptospermum and could happily go with that but they're not plants I know well enough to ID
In the sticks near Peterborough
It's a broom - Cytisus. There are a number of red flowered cultivars like Red Favourite or Boskoop Ruby. They go woody like this quite quickly if not trimmed back after flowering.
It's very blurry but I don't think they're cytisus flowers
In the sticks near Peterborough