Bossone, one other note on the Bradford pears. What has been said about their tendency to break in wind, snow ice is true. This is also true of the Willows. Another option & I have several is the Aristocrat variety of pear tree. It has less perpendicular angled limb crotches & so far mine have withstood adverse weather events. Also, the flowers are more "showy" in the spring..du
