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Bradford Pear Trees
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 1:10 pm
by alicia-w
I'm posting this here and will put it in the hurricane forum too but here goes....
Ivan blew a considerable number of leaves from some young bradford pear trees in our area. yesterday, i noticed them blooming! Is that result of the hurricane? I've NEVER seen them do that before!!! Any ideas?
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:50 pm
by breeze
That's really strange, alicia! My experience with
Bradford Pears, over 10 years old, is, the limbs
break like Hel....er....Hades, in strong wind!
Blooming? In Fall? I've never seen this strange
behavior!
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:02 pm
by Miss Mary
Alicia - that is strange but Bradford Pears are both susceptible to wind damage and I imagine now resilent too! We discussed this tree quite a bit a year ago here at Storm2K so I found the links for you...
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8727
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9732
Mary
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:36 am
by ssmith
Not really odd,I have seen them do the same,the temps must be a little warmer than usual,and yes I saw the same after Issy went though SoEastVa last year.
Sam
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:35 am
by Wnghs2007
Yeah, its not to unusual. Ivan came thru here and game me gusts to 75 mph. THe whole house was rocking. And afterwards I went outside and half of the leaves on the trees were gone. So it got warm again and they rebloomed.
