The Plague of the Ornamental Pear

Once a highly sought after tree, the ornamental pear is now consider quite the nuisance. Learn why in this video!

[@ReptilianRenee]

I'm doing my school report on why Bradford Pears suck and this video was a great informative start to my research :)

[@zzzsydneyhom1379]

Oh dear... Needless to say I bought one a few years ago for its flower and vigorous growth but it is already larger than I anticipated.

[@millieatr]

My Dad (rip) lived in Annapolis Md planted two Bradford pear trees in his backyard and loved them ....That is until he found out that everytime a Thunder storm came through and he would loose part of the trees. At one point he actually a 12inch bolt going through the tree to keep it together ...He finally had them both taken down ...you want to upset my dad just mention Bradford pear..

[@conradhomestead4518]

Great information. Thanks for sharing! God bless Kentucky

[@GoneCarnivore]

Plant some native Crab Apple trees. Beautiful!

[@brianpowell5082]

The Callery Pear also spreads by root shoots (suckers) as well. The Callery Pear is commonly planted in Southern California, coast to high desert, but only blooms well in interior areas with winter chill. Here in Southern California, we also have another ornamental pear, Taiwan Flowering Pear (Pyrus kawakamii), which blooms profusely in February, is semi-winter-deciduous, still with nice orange to red fall leaves, but seems in recent years to have some type of disfiguring dieback or maybe a blight, where individual branches die back amidst other healthier ones. Interesting video!

[@interstellarsurfer]

Cut down all that trash and plant some native ornamentals. California is full of beautiful native plants.

[@brianpowell5082]

@@interstellarsurfer Agreed 100%!

[@bluemeadows26]

Very informative! Thanks!

[@ferraridan4883]

Great video. We call it the Cudzu tree in Tennessee. Arsenal or Tardon will take them out.

[@rnedlo9909]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[@ruslanbekn]

Should you prune as central leader or multiple leaders when young?

[@inchristalone25]

No, get rid of it! It's invasive and spreads like wildfire.

[@ferraridan4883]

Remove the tree !

[@FredJoanis]

Thanks for the tips, is the Manchurian pear as bad though??

[@ront9459]

Apparently these invasive trees are leading to an impaired ecosystem. That must be why they regard it as imperative to get rid of them.

[@scott1lori282]

Got a Cleveland Pear. Shade my garage. I'm keeping it.

[@GoneCarnivore]

It's too late to put out the Pear Tree invasion in Louisiana

[@billababe5157]

Is this the same as Aristocrat flowering pear tree?

[@brianhartman7135]

Cleveland Pear trees are nice, callery or bradford pears are the nuisance stinky trees.

[@garej704]

Cleveland Pears are also very invasive too and are also being banned in many states because of the economical and ecological damage they do. Don't plant any ornamental pear.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

The worst!

[@God_is_my_savior-316]

No

[@spacecatboy2962]

could create jobs for americans cutting these down, but lets send 54 billion to ukraine