New Bradford Pear

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New Bradford Pear

It is an extremely popular, vigorous growing, medium size, shade tree with outstanding clusters of white blooms in spring and very attractive terrific yellow to red to purple foliage color in fall. Stronger branches stand up better to ice and wind. This flowering tree grows best in full sun. The New Bradford is covered with white flowers in spring, glossy green foliage for summer, then turning yellow to maroon for autumn. The branching is the major improvement over the Bradford pear. The New Bradford pear is a beautiful garden addition that produces no edible fruit. This is a great tree for lawns or for a street tree and it is very disease resistant. The New Bradford Pear, 'Pyrus calleryana "Holmford", is a broad, oval tree with good branch angles. ... get more information

 

Mockernut Hickery Mockernut hickory is so named because the nuts are large but with thick shells and very small kernels. Mockernut Hickory trees grow throughout most of the eastern United States and westward to eastern Texas. This and the other hickories are very desirable both for forest and shade trees.

New Bradford Pear