Is this a plum tree?

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We moved into our house at the end of last summer so we’re busy trying to work out what lots of the things growing in the garden actually are and enjoying spring surprises (black tulips! A peony!)

A couple of plant ID apps have identified this in a raised bed as a plum tree. Can that be right? It doesn’t have a central trunk just these long leggy stems so it doesn’t feel like a tree but I know nothing. There are a couple of fruit trees already in the garden but they’re established.

Photos to come when approved - it’s surprisingly hard to photograph well!

They are Prunus ( plum or cherry ) suckers either from the stump / roots of a tree that has been cut down or from an existing tree in the garden or even your neighbours garden.

@AlwaysGardeningOh that’s so helpful, thank you! So, just to show my ignorance, will they grow into a real tree? I don’t think we have the space for a tree there.

We have several prunus variety’s, they grow quickly so it could be, it’s only young so you could pot it and see. Honestly though, it looks like a rose to me from those photos.

Honestly I would just dig it up! The original trees are likely to have been grafted trees and what you have there is the rootstock. It is unlikely to be of any ornamental or productive value. If you can dig down enough to tear it from the root it has grown from, rather than cutting, it is less likely to reappear.