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Swayback said:

Touché!

I have a lovely case if the summer flu... I petered out before I could elaborate...
There's a couple of things that tip me off.
1) the pic I mentioned is the only close up on the leaf I can see. I see a very smooth edge, no signs of serration or jagged edges
2) I see prominent veins on the underside of the leaf, far thicker than I'm used to seeing on prunus
3) the leaves are very sparse all along the stem, but thick at the terminal tip of each branch
4) the branches appear twisted and gnarly, much like a plant that's struggled for light for many years, but the plant is clearly in the open and shouldn't need to fight for light.
5) the leaf color is bright green, with no sign of color variation, no red edge etc...

Since I quoted you I can't actually see the pics anymore... So that's all I can remember

Oh and yes these probably have struggled for light over many years, the property was abandoned and the area was very overgrown and I cut down a bunch of trees to increase useful yard space for growing sun loving plants, these were not in the open as much as they are now thats for sure!