Paige and William recently moved into their new home in a new subdivision. As is the way these days, none of the original trees on the land were left standing. The builder razed everything, and then went around planting new baby trees. I will NEVER understand that, but whatever. Paige and Will have a pretty new tree in their front yard that's begun flowering, and I was curious what sort of tree it was. Any idea?
Hopefully it's not a Bradford pear, but looks like one. Do the flowers have 5 petals - and smell bad?
I think it's a Cleveland Pear- Pyrus calleryana. It's very common in landscape plantings in Tennessee and apparently a stronger tree than the Bradford Pear but also is probably going to be a similar problem with it's invasive tendencies. http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/ClevelandPear.htm
Oh, too bad for them Ronni. If they can get rid of it do so. They are invasive and they STINK while in bloom. It looks just like the Bradford calary pear I had. They smell disgusting in the spring and then they make these hard little "fruits" that are spread everywhere by birds. The roots shoot up suckers if they are exposed to light because the soil is too thin. Can you tell I wouldn't have another one? I have one that needs to be cut down and one that split right down the center a few years ago..hip hip hooray! I was so glad to have a real reason to get the tree out of there, not just that I didn't like it. It was a nice looking tree, though.
