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Would Bartlett Pear and Orient Pear Trees be a good privacy screen?
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:14 am
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:14 am
I know they're not evergreens but would they be a decent privacy screen from spring thru fall if I plant them close enough? I'm looking for something that grows pretty fast and about 20-30 feet tall to hide a nearby building.
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Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:17 am to poops_at_parties
Where would this be?
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:19 am to AlxTgr
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Where would this be?
My property lines in south Louisiana.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:28 am to poops_at_parties
Do you see those growing there. Both say down to zone 8. I have no knowledge of this-just what I have googled,
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:32 am to AlxTgr
Yea, I see a lot of people with them and they're sold here too.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 10:42 am to poops_at_parties
There are a bunch of the Bartlett pears here around Memphis. I notice a lot of broken branches in them after semi-heavy winds. I won't have one because of that.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 12:01 pm to poops_at_parties
Do you have heavy winds? If so a Bartlett or Bradford Pear is not for you unless you enjoy warm strolls in the rain picking up branches and admiring a tree that has half the trunk missing when the limbs broke off.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 1:55 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Do you have heavy winds? If so a Bartlett or Bradford Pear is not for you unless you enjoy warm strolls in the rain picking up branches and admiring a tree that has half the trunk missing when the limbs broke off.
Point well-received
Posted on 3/8/18 at 2:05 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
My tree guy said the one of the absolute worst trees to plant in south Louisiana is a Bartlett/Bradford pear. They apparently snap like toothpicks in a stiff breeze.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 2:07 pm to SetTheMood
At least Bartlett gets you fruit. Bradford gets you nothing.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 3:16 pm to poops_at_parties
Aren't pear trees deciduous? If so, the privacy in lacking in winter.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 5:07 pm to poops_at_parties
Holly trees are a better alternative. Quick growing, evergreen.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:00 am to AlxTgr
Screw a Bradford Pear. Worthless as a Water Oak.
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