

- May 1, 2021
Callery Pear - A Crap Tree
I had a writeup on another topic ready and scheduled to post, then I got a text message from my sister-in-law. A large Callery pear in her front yard had been toppled by a rare late April snow event and she wanted me to assess the damage the fall caused to her neighbor's lilac. During the trip to her house it was obvious other trees had been damaged -- mostly Callery pears. No surprise, this species (Pyrus calleryana) is prone to losing large limbs and being toppled. This inc