homeowner value both Bradford pears and cornel as medium - sized decorative tree diagram offering springtime blossom , summertime spook , spectacular fall color and yield for birds . Bradford pears are a specific cultivar of the ornamental Callery pear tree , while dogwoods encompass an intact species of tree and shrubs . The variety eff as flowering dogwood is commonly used in landscape gardening .

Descriptions

Bradford pears generally reach about 40 infantry magniloquent and wide . The branches unremarkably develop upright rather than horizontally . The tree diagram bears white 1 - in bloom in April or May and half - inch inedible greenish round fruit in the summer . The leaves turn a variety of strike colors in the fall , from yellow to purpleness .

Flowering dogwoods grow between 20 and 35 feet and about as blanket . Shade - grown dogwoods grow taller and wider than those in full sun . The trees blossom with 3 - inch white , pinkish or yellow flowers in early outpouring , bet on the cultivar . Its small red berries grow in clusters . The tree bursts into red or maroon color when fall arrives .

Bradford Pear Disadvantages

Bradford pear ’s tight spaced , erect arm make them vulnerable to meth storms , particularly after they reach about 20 years of age . Pruning helps trim potential legal injury , but leads to other problems , concord to the University of Florida Extension . " Even follow pruning by a skilled gang , trees often front misshapen with most of the lower foliage removed and the lower portions of the multiple luggage compartment showing , " the extension service says . In plus , the bloom of Bradford pear , while lovely , yield a fragrance that Clemson University horticulturalist Bob Polomski bring up to as " sweaty air-sleeve . "

Flowering Dogwood Disadvantages

inflorescence dogwood tree lacks the specific drawbacks of the Bradford pear , but is a bit fussier about grunge circumstance and plant positioning than Bradford pear trees . In the natural state , dogwoods develop as " understory " trees , relying on good afternoon tad from larger tree . leave alone in the middle of a lawn , the shoal - rooted tree sometimes fall prey to lawn herbicides . Dogwoods are also more dependent on consistent tearing than Bradford pear trees are . dogwood as a group endure more from disease and pest infestations than the sturdier Bradford pear .

Origins

For North American gardeners concerned in concenter on aboriginal plants , flowering dogwoods have the edge over ornamental pear . Cornus florida is aboriginal to the easterly part of the U.S. Bradford pear originated in China . The species from which it was spawn , Pyrus calleryana , is native to China and Korea . It was brought to the states in 1919 from Nanking , China , and accede the garden mainstream in the 1960s .

Uses

Both Bradford pear and bloom dogwood make useful shade trees . They also hail spring with a burst of showy heyday , and erupt in productive foliage colouring material at the showtime of fall . While neither offers yield suitable for human use of goods and services , birds are appeal to both Bradford pears and flowering dogwood tree berry .

Alternatives

Gardeners wary of Bradford pear ’s vulnerability to wintertime violent storm may wish to choose the more mod ornamental pear cultivar ' Cleveland Select , ' spawn to have a sturdier growing habit . householder interested in comestible landscape gardening may select the Kousa dogwood tree rather than the flowering dogwood tree . Kousas possess flowering dogwood ’s ornamental charms but also produce raspberry - comparable fruits excellent in jams and jellies .

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