Over the last 25 years I have had Bradford, Aristocrat and Cleveland Select pear trees in my yard ... They are a beautiful tree when they bloom to their full potential in the spring, but this ...

The Callery pear, also known as the Bradford pear, Cleveland Select, Autumn Blaze, or Aristocrat, is a highly invasive tree that multiplies quickly and crowds out native plants. The tree rose to ...

For decades, the stately looking, white-flowered Bradford pear tree had a good reputation ... varieties of Callery pears, including Cleveland Select, which live about 25 years.