Why You Should NOT Grow The Callery / Bradford Pear Tree

Thankyou for a nice summary. I am one of three citizen representatives on my city's tree commission. My profession is unrelated to forestry,horticulture, etc. This tree is currently on my city's list of suggested trees for residents. (facepalm) I am looking for concise info to convince the city forester (the tree commission's head) to remove this tree from the list. This species is listed as invasive on the Wisconsin DNR's site. I am also looking to the info from the states you mentioned as ammo to accomplish this here in my northeast Wisconsin city. Thanks again, liked and subscribed 👊

I owned a tree company & I always told homeowners their best bet was to get rid of these trees. The wood is so soft that when high winds come through they split easily.

It's honestly tragic that even once an invasive species is identified it's often allowed to run rampant in the countryside. I wish governments focused more funding towards the eradication of invasive species.

I'm happy to say that I've cut down all the ones in my yard - at least 8 of them. Replaced them with fruit trees.

As a person with a natural resources background, people are always surprised at how little of our natural spaces are actually usable for biodiverse species. The reason is exactly plants like this one which are always planted for their convenience, their beauty, and their resilience. These exact species then colonize our native ecosystems, converting them into unusable thickets with no sunlight and a poor seed bank. We don’t like to acknowledge that the majority of the threatened or endangered species experiencing population decline are feeling that pressure because of a loss of quality habitat. Killing and cutting off the flow of invasive species like Callary Pear is the best we can do to ensure we get through this mass extinction period with as many of our beautiful native species remaining as possible.❤

Nice video! Dude, I converted my half acre lot into a meadow in Tennessee and have watched all your videos regarding wildflowers. So rad. Then, I researched a ton about trees, because not only do I have two centenarian Tsuga Canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) trees, I learned all about invasive Japanese Honeysuckle, privet, and the Bradford pear. Part of the pain of developing the meadow is ID’ing weed seedlings and the like. There are tons of random invasive seeds floating around that pop up—even right down to European dandelion (amazing wikipedia read) Pretty amazing. Going to replace my Bradford with American Smoke trees. Cant wait. Thanks man for the badass videos.

Very glad you made this video! If I could have a full-time job cutting these down, I would do it.

They're everywhere around here. I call em South Carolina cherry blossoms. None on my property, though. I'm big on doing a wild flower plot for the pollinators, helps the garden.

Thank you for making us aware of this problem! 👍🏼

Thank you for this educational piece! I took out 2 and i have one more to go! My tree service guy highly recommended removing it. I was going to wait a couple more years, but it will be coming down in the spring now. I happened to come across this video when looking at how to treat the tree after a sap sucker has left holes all over it. Instead of saving it, you convinced me of getting rid of it sooner. I know this tree is getting planted all over in my area in Illinois. I'll be reaching out to local groups to share this so we can remove them. Thank you Growit! Also, ziptiefighter for your comment here. I always considered myself a tree hugger. My partner says i'm more of a tree murderer! But when i support our native species and have healthier trees, I'll be happy to be selective..

I really enjoyed hearing the history of how the tree was brought over. I often wonder how that happened when I read up on tree and plants.

I live in Arizona and never even heard of this tree. I still watched the whole video. Very informative! You have a lot of knowledge.

The viewers who left comments are right there is much valuable information in this video. I applaud you for effort in making clear the reasons this tree is unwelcome. I am an Ohio resident. I saw that this tree was on a list of plants banned for sale in 2024. As a plant nut, I was aware of honeysuckle and English Ivy being invasive, but was puzzled about Bradford Pear being included. I had a Bradford on my tree lawn for over twenty years. A storm 3 years ago split it apart, so it is no longer alive. There was no issue with odor or sprouting from roots. Thank you for education on what this tree does to native species. People who watch your channel can avoid making a potentially harmful landscaping choice.

Thank you for spreading the word about this non-native invasive tree!

Thank you very much for making this video. I am shopping for a tree for my front yard in NJ and the city gave me a list with approved trees and the Bradford pear is on the list as approved. I am glad I found your video before I bought it. I will share this video to show them how dangerous this tree is. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on these trees

Bought a house a few years ago that had one! Just cut mine down. Was coming here to find a video on the topic so I could share on Facebook. VERY informative!

Excellent information!

Excellent info as always!

This was very thorough and informative!! Thank you, sir!

AWESOME INFO! Thank you!! I live in Oklahoma and we have these everywhere. I have one in my front yard and I've been tempted to have it removed because they can grow to enormous size. My mom had one at her house and that thing was so massive it dominated everything else around it. The canopy must have been around 25' wide and I don't even know how tall it was. It took a pro tree crew the better part of a full day to get most of it down and another day to grind the stump. Glad it's gone but HOLY COW that was expensive!! Mine is yellow and has many dead branches. the ones that are growing are down low and sticking WAY out. These trees are known to completely blow over or break sending 1/2 the tree crashing down during our heavy winds/tornadoes. So I'm seriously thinking I need this thing gone ASAP. Thanks again.