Bradford Pear...I think.....

[Cmd5235]

A few field collected Bradford pear. Does anyone have a lot of experience? They grow like weeds around here so I figured I’d try them out, but I don’t expect much. I have a few more not shown here.

 

[Michael P]

If these are volunteers that you collected, they are probably more similar to Callery pear, the wild ancestor of Bradford. I've had a Callerypear for over 20 years. It isn't a bonsai, the aesthetics are wrong. More of a potted topiary freak with coiled roots, but I maintain it with bonsai techniques. It is REALLY easy, almost bullet proof.

Yours look interesting! I think the species would work well for multi-trunk or clump style since it is so eager to grow root sprouts.

 

[A. Gorilla]

5th one down is a pear. Others probably crabapple.

I have a lot at my disposal too, but most grow a deep tap root I don't care to deal with. I have two I'm dealing with at the moment.

 

[Cmd5235]

5th one down is a pear. Others probably crabapple.

I have a lot at my disposal too, but most grow a deep tap root I don't care to deal with. I have two I'm dealing with at the moment.

Thanks for the ID update. Fortunately these didn’t have a whole lot of a tap root, so they came out easily and have been pushing growth well.

 

[A. Gorilla]

Here is one I dug last year. I like the bark they eventually develop. I'm air layering another one behind it.

 

[rockm]

Bradford pear-National Bonsai and Penjing Museum.. Tree collected in Maryland 25 years or so ago.

 

[AlainK]

Something new for me, I've discovered a species I had never heard before. It seems it is much more common in the US, I read on the French version of Wikipedia :

Pyrus calleryana :

(...) L'arbre qui a survécu aux attentats du 11 septembre 2001 à Manhattan est un Pyrus calleryana (...)

Good luck with your trees

 

[Cmd5235]

Here is one I dug last year. I like the bark they eventually develop. I'm air layering another one behind it.View attachment 302547

That’s a gorgeous trunk!

 

[Cmd5235]

Something new for me, I've discovered a species I had never heard before. It seems it is much more common in the US, I read on the French version of Wikipedia :

Pyrus calleryana :

(...) L'arbre qui a survécu aux attentats du 11 septembre 2001 à Manhattan est un Pyrus calleryana (...)

Good luck with your trees

Thank you!

 

[Cmd5235]

A few updated photos: I did no pruning this year. Everything was collected this spring, so I wanted everything to just grow and recover.

 

[meushi]

Something new for me, I've discovered a species I had never heard before. It seems it is much more common in the US, I read on the French version of Wikipedia :

Pyrus calleryana :

(...) L'arbre qui a survécu aux attentats du 11 septembre 2001 à Manhattan est un Pyrus calleryana (...)

Good luck with your trees

Alain,

I've got a pair of calleryana, apparently they can easily be propagated by hardwood cuttings if you want some The smell of the flowers is "interesting" but they grow fast and bark up quickly.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Nice, interesting stock. I want to see how these develop.

 

[Cmd5235]

A little fall color this am

 

[HorseloverFat]

*high sing-songy voice*

Interested!

 

[HoneyHornet]

Im thinking its not bradford due to the deeper serration on leaf edge and overall shape lackong that rounded heartshaped typical of pear
In treework I encounter bradfords left and right and thats just my initial reaction

Still very nice stock I like your choices allot and will be interested to see it progress

 

[AlainK]

I've got a pair of calleryana, apparently they can easily be propagated by hardwood cuttings if you want some

Well, if you've got one to trade, I'd be happy to get one. I have several trees I can send you in return, from an 80 cm-tall Sequoia sempervirens to a Dunkeld larch, and dozens of 1,2,3 year-old seedlings (Celtis laevigata, Acer palmatum, and a few others).

Let's keep in touch, tell me when you've got something to swap

 

[HoneyHornet]

This is young bradford/callery