#bradford pear trees

[totallyokay]

[marlynnofmany]

Very specific invasive plants!

Nobody throws shade like a biologist with burning hatred for invasive plants

[shimmershy]

[violetcatt]

[victusinveritas]

[ladysnowangel]

[uxbridge]

Flowering trees; saucer magnolia, cherry blossom, and the dreaded callery pear

[jamboreeartsupplies]

Acorn Anne visits some Mulberry trees that are in need of healing. please send a small offering of dry, warm air through your closest fairy ring and Acorn Anne will direct it to the leaves of both trees. thank you for your cooperation 🫡

[wolf-tail]

bradford pears are blooming. War and hate on planet earth

[hannah-heartstrings]

"Leave Me Lost"

Originally taken May 2018

One of my favorites, reposted for repostober.

[feralhoneywitch-art]

Bradford Pears are starting to bloom. 💮

[lost-forest-heart]

Oh, I learned I'm allergic to bradford pear pollen today.

[nitrosplicer]

plant an ornamental tree > it’s hailed for its beauty and hardiness > tree gets planted everywhere > we regret to inform you that this tree is now invasive

[skyward-floored]

Half a tree fell over in the backyard earlier this week so my dad’s been chopping it up and moving it to our stick pile and I was helping him today but. The tree was blooming when it fell and I’m allergic to the flowers so now I feel gross

[it-begins-with-rain]

Finally having our back tree cut down.

It is an invasive species non-native to the area (but popular when we moved in 22 years ago, before they realized how bad they were), known for- around this age-randomly dropping branches and becoming very brittle.

Not to overstate how bad these trees proved to be, they've been BANNED in our city. It is against the law to plant any more of them.

It deformed in an ice storm a couple years ago, and we finally decided the risk to the house was too much, since the branches now hang over the roof, and it looked like it was starting to split at the middle.

This kind of thing is a common sight in our neighborhood after any strong winds- usually breaking fences or landing on cars. We have been insanely lucky that none of ours (originally there were 3) caused problems beyond deforming the concrete around sidewalks (we had them repaired).

It's a bit sad though, this is the fifth tree we've had to have removed in 10 years. An ash that was killed in an emerald ash borer outbreak that hit our neighborhood, a young oak that became infested with gall wasps and then died, and now 3 Bradford Pear trees.

Chatting with a landscape architect neighbor later to figure out what we can plant. We only have our beloved maple tree left now (I don't know why it is the favorite, but it is).

[romanceyourdemons]

i love encountering someone OBVIOUSLY from a different genre. i was crossing campus in my wizard hoodie carrying six books and a stolen plant cutting and passed this guy, eight inches taller than me and completely shirtless on a 55°F day, with a tattoo in arabic script on his shoulder, the kind of inoffensive blond good looks that get you casted in mid budget action movies and more abs than i’ve ever seen on a real person, and i realized that both of us are interesting to look at, but in completely different ways