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spinbaby

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5. Good

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 03:06 AM

Jul 2021

In addition to breaking easily and stinking, they have a shallow root system that sends up shoots into your lawn. Even after we had ours removed and the stumps ground down, I was fighting the shoots from the remaining roots for a couple of years.

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Bradford pear tree ban begins in South Carolina in 2024 [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP

And, their spring blossoms Diamond_Dog Jul 2021 #1

Had in-laws with those things. They got big/nice, then started breaking. Hoyt Jul 2021 #2

They are pretty, but they fall down in a storm. And I mean the whole tree falls down. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #3

I've had 3 in my front yard. fwvinson Jul 2021 #7

We lived in a neighborhood near Andrew's AFB... 3catwoman3 Jul 2021 #4

Good spinbaby Jul 2021 #5

Too late .... the genie is out of the bottle. Botany Jul 2021 #6

This used to be one of the trees planted in urban areas when a new tree was needed to (in STLMO) SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #8