[Hilary]

I must say I haven't tried very hard to identify this tree.
It is overhanging the empty duck pond in the middle of the gardens.
I saw it at the end of March covered in these lovely flowers.
The branches were mostly bare but I see on another photo that there appear to be something like catkins on the branches also.

[oron peri]

Hard to say without seeing more details such as the leaves,
I suspect it might be one of the oriental cultivars of Armeniaca mume [syn. Prunus mume]

Oron

[Hilary]

Thank you for your quick reply.
It does look like Prunus mume.
I will go back to the garden at some time and take photos of the leaves and bark.
The catkin looking things are on another tree behind it, silly me
Hilary

[John]

Is it possible that it is one of the dark flowered cultivars of the peach?

[oron peri]

Is it possible that it is one of the dark flowered cultivars of the peach?

This is also a possibility, any way both are Prunus,
Still the shape, and prominant stamens looks more like Armeniaca mume, but as i have said earlier we need to have more details in order to get to a final conclusion.
Fruit off course would be the best but leaves can help too.

[Hilary]

Absolutely no way I could ever find one of the fruit but here is a leaf fom last week