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  • Native flowering tree options to replace invasive Bradford pears

    A delicate, bold pink bloom sprouting from a branch of an Eastern redbud tree.

    As is the case with many invasive plants, the Callery pear tree was brought to the U.S. with good intentions. According to the U.S. Forest Service, a USDA employee imported Pyrus calleryana from Asia in 1917 to impart blight resistance and increase fruit productivity of European pear trees under cultivation. One cultivar, P. calleryana ‘Bradford’,…

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