tree identity

hi, I need some help to identify a tree in my garden. It has grown to about 11ft in 2 years. Its leaves grow in bunches along the stems. The new shoots are red and the new leaves start orange a yellow and then green. It has beared no fruit or flowers, but I always assumed that it was dropped by a bird as it is growing very close to a fence. There are fruit trees nearby, but it does not resemble any of them. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

A photograph would be nice, if possible.

 

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I think thats how you do it? apologies if not!

 

Maybe this is it!!!!

 

Sorry not a great pic! The leaves have slightly serrated edges and the branches are upright.

 

If it was not for the colour on opening I would have said Prunus padua, the bird cherry, but that usually starts off green and stays green!

 

Thanks. I had a look at a few pictures online, and I'm not sure, there is a plum tree about 1m behind it, is it possible that this is a sucker from that tree, and thats why its never produced flowers or fruit. I would say however that the one in my garden does seem to be growing taller than the plum next door.

 

Or could it be a blackthorn, the stems are very dark, but the leaves look very similar, also the clusters of leaves grow on very short stems from the main branches. HHhmmmm

 

sorry I meant are NOT very dark!!

 

Just a guess, but you could be right could it be a sucker from one of the rootstocks of the other fruit trees.
My peach tree suckers miles away from the tree and obviously they look nothing like peach, I think plum are noted for it as well.

 

All members of that tribe, plums, greengages, damsons and slos sucker like mad. The possibilites are endless.

 

will it ever fruit?

 

NOOOOOOO, not likely.