A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Mystery Plants? Tree w/ white clustered blossoms that smell mmmmm!

Hi everyone! I went on a walk today and smelled the most HEAVENLY scent coming from this certain tree. When I walked up to it, it had white clustered blossoms all over it. It was a big tree. I still cant believe how good the flowers smell, they are amazing! They smell like gardenia to me. I can't stop smelling the little cluster that I picked to ID it lol! Here is a picture (the flowers are a bit wilted, I had to charge my camera batteries before taking the pictures!) I hope someone can help me ID this tree! I want one BADLY now. lol

tea olive. they smell wonderful, and there is a rare orange variety too! i want one, but haven't gotten that far!

To me, it looks like some kind of an apple blossom...
but can't see the leaves too well...


*Can you put the picture a little closer to the
screen so I can smell it, will ya!!! ahahahahaha*

Probably a variety of white flowering crabapple. Crabapple Trees are in bloom right now all across MI. Blooms consist of 5 petals rather rounded or oval at the top.

Your county extension office should have a list of white crabapple disease resistant varieties you can choose from. Work with an independent nursery that deals with trees. They can give you pointers on planting and care.

Yup, ornamental crabapple tree gets my vote.

Thanks so much to everyone who responded! I just looked up Ornamental Crabapple Tree, and that definitely looks to be what it is! I can't believe the flowers on a crab apple tree would smell sooo good like this. Now I'll just have to try to figure out the variety. I wonder if all the varieties smell so good!

I've got a 'Rudolph', it has deep pink flowers and smells heavenly.

I am sure it isn't but the blooms look like my lemon tree an man do they smell good! but you are in MI and they do not grow there. I would guess a fruit tree blossem. Wait for a month and see