[Houston] Can I get some help with this one?
reddit.com/gallery/mn4ef7Posted Apr 8, 2021, 11:29 PM UTC
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Bradford pear. Highly invasive. I cut mine down when I moved to my house and planted native tree species.
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New house and I got dealt a tallow, white mulberry, and a Bradford pear... Invasives all the way around. Oh and a big pine way too close to the house. Oof
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Oof. Pine is not good for foundations. That stinks. I’d rip everything out including the pine if it doesn’t require a tree service. I like doing native shrubs close to my house. I like redbud, dogwood, and holly as my go tos. I’m in Zone 8a central AR.
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Convincing my wife we have to take down every single tree is going to be the hard part. Maybe I'll start with the huge tallow and the pine, and then go after the other 2 later.
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If the bradford pears produce any kind of good fruit, why not try to make it work? Also mulberries are delicious.
Edit: bradfords are an environmental catastrophe apparently lol so yeah cut that puppy down first.
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Tallow and pear should go first if environmental concerns are first
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Low key without attempting to convince her first, watch some documentaries about environmentalism, sustainability, invasives etc and maybe she will come up with the idea on her own! Or at least be much easier to convince :)
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There should be something within the same genus for you on those I think. Maybe not holly but the other two for sure.
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It had some small white flowers very briefly, just a week or two, but they already seem to be falling away. Tree is about 20 feet tall.
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It's probably best for them to fall away, they tend to have an interesting smell. Looks like a pear, probably Bradford depending where you are.
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I'm sure there are a number of people around there that will help you cut that down! The wood isn't bad for smoking either.
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Looks to be a cotton wood of some sort, not sure though. Not from your region
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Bradford Pear