Sapling identification

[Gymginjim]

Please help me identify this as it’s sprung up somewhere that could do with a baby tree. Leaves looks very familiar but I can’t think what it is!

Looks like a sucker from a fruit tree, maybe plum?

Thank you @BreakingPointAgain, that would make sense as there is a plum tree nearby. I haven’t heard the term “sucker” in this context, should it grow normally?

It does look like a plum. A sucker is an offshoot that grows from the roots of an existing tree. If left it will grow into a new tree. Plums are quite prone to suckering. The problem is that plum trees are normally grafted, so no guarantee that the sucker will produce edible fruit.

The sucker will be genetically identical to the rootstock of the plum. Googling suggests that plums are grafted on to plum (mirabelle), peach or plum-peach hybrids. That looks very much at the plum end of the spectrum. So there’s a chance you will get a plum-like fruit, but not like your original grafted plum.

Thanks so much @IceandIndigo and @MereDintofPandiculation , I can’t decide whether to let it grow or not. I don’t mind any plums not being good. First time I’ve seen suckers, but lots of other plants seem to have gone reproduction crazy following the drought last year. Seem to have triple the usual number of sycamore seedlings and the wisteria has many more flower buds than usual.