Texas Springtime Weather

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Jim, I'm going to leave that little Bradford Pear tree alone for awhile and see how it does. But I, too, like Crape Myrtles. In fact, we have a fairly large one on the other side of the driveway. I don't have a picture of it in bloom, but this one was taken on November 29, 2005, before I pruned it. So I think it actually looks better now than it did then.
 

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   / Texas Springtime Weather #12  
Bird said:
Wayne, a Bradford Pear tree stinks?

Here in Baltimore Maryland (The city that bleeds, I mean reads.) the Bradford Pears are being removed because the way the branches grow a moderate wind will break off many branches falling onto many cars. They look great, don't stink per say, but don't hold up well in an area where the wind will blow out a candle.
 
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Good Evenin Bird,
Really sorry to hear about your pear tree ! Boy your grass sure is nice and green down there though ! Im betting you have cut it a few times allready ! ;)

We just had a beautiful day in Ct today, it was up in the seventies, even had coffee outside this mornin with Kathleen :), of course tommorrow is only going to be in the fifties ! :( Its commin though ! :)
 
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Lots of Bradford pears have been planted in this area because of the blooms in the spring and the beautiful red/yellow leaves in the fall. The problem is they are a very weak tree. Neil Sperry from Mckinney recommends the Aristocrat ornamental pear instead of the Bradford. The Aristocrat is supposed to be as beautiful but is a much stronger tree.
 
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Stanley, I used to live in Baltimore; my parents moved there when I was a baby and lived there over a year before moving back to Oklahoma. Of course, in the early '40s there was no air-conditioning and they did not like the climate.:D And of course, I remember nothing of Baltimore.

Scotty, I'm mowing the yard every 5 days now. We've had some much warmer weather, but this morning was 44 degrees and went to 68. We had a garage sale this morning and lots of people were complaining about it being cold.:D Of course that didn't stop them from getting out to visit the garage sales.

Jesse, if I were planting trees, yep, I'd use something other than the Bradford Pear, but since there were 5 of them on this property when I bought it, I'll wait until I have to replace them. And of course, at my age, I'm really hoping and expecting them to outlast me.:D
 
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There are a lot of Bradford's around here, also. They are a pretty tree, but have a lot of negative qualities...mainly weak limbs because they grow so fast. My advise if you do think about planting a new tree or two, is put in one that also has some use with it. Maybe an apple, (research the best varieties for around your area, first), or possibly pecan if you have the room. And quit worrying about getting old!
 
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Dave, when I was a kid in Healdton, OK, we had one apple tree. I think they called it a crab apple. And an aunt and uncle of my Dad's had several apple trees in southern Oklahoma. It seems to me that the apple varieties you'd want to eat fesh just don't work down south, although as sorry as some of the apples appear, they aren't bad for apple pies and apple jelly. And of course, I've had lots of experience with pecan trees, both as a kid and later in life. We had 12 on the 10 acres we sold to move back to town.
 

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