Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
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Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#2I'm in one of the states that banned them and I used to have 2 in my back yard. Never really understood the fuss.
Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#3> it's contributing to the spread of related invasive trees that are taking over some urban green spaces and pastureland and encroaching on forests.
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Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#4I'm in one of the states that banned them and I used to have 2 in my back yard. Never really understood the fuss.
They’re invasive, they outcompete native trees, and they have many negative attributes. The wild descendants are particularly bad because they have thorns and grow in dense hard to remove thickets.
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#5They smell
Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#6I'm in one of the states that banned them and I used to have 2 in my back yard. Never really understood the fuss.
They’re invasive, they outcompete native trees, and they have many negative attributes. The wild descendants are particularly bad because they have thorns and grow in dense hard to remove thickets.
They are also terribly brittle. Every single time there is a storm in my neighborhood, at least one person has a massive Bradford Pear split in half in their front yard (if we're lucky - if not, it's out in the road.) Builders plant them because they grow quickly, and, of course, they don't have to deal with the problems a few years down the road.
Bradford's also smell really bad.
Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#7blackcurrants were banned too (by federal united states gov) for some sort of complicated reason
Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#8Was on HOA board where we had a road with quite a few of these trees. They were a fortune to prune because of the numerous small branches at higher reaches. As a board, we actually hoped they would come down in storms so we could replace with something more appropriate without the take down cost (and resident complaints).
Another unqiue thing is during the summer it was not uncommon for a branch to suddenly explode - apparently some type of moisture/vapor build up in the interior.
Re: Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them
#9blackcurrants were banned too (by federal united states gov) for some sort of complicated reason
It's a host for white pine blister rust.