Cary NC Trim Those Trees Or Else They May End Up On Your New BMW
Cary NC Trim those trees or else they may end up on your new BMW. Recently we moved in to a new home on the water on a golf course. It's a million dollar view. While enjoying the view out back we didn't take time to evaluate the health of the trees in the front yard.
Here in Cary NC we have these lovely trees called Bradford Pears. They get there name from there pear shape. They flower in the spring and never get too big. The down side is that they only have a life span of about 15-20 years. If not trimmed properly they get top heavy, and you guessed it, come down is storms.
That is exactly
what
happened to us. After a competitive round of golf my husband
and
I returned home to prepare for friends coming over that evening.
We were disappointed because we wanted to sit on the back
deck
and show off our view of the lake and golf course when the rain started.
It came down fast and furiously wind whipping all the while.
We didn't hear a crash, just happened to look out the window
and
saw a huge tree limb on the ground. It was a split second
later
when my husband yelled, "MY CAR! You guessed it again....the limb landed on his 2008 hard-top convertible BMW. This is no ordinary car it's his BABY, his 50th birthday present to himself. We went to Germany two years ago and had the full BMW experience while picking up the car. It was the first model year of the hard-top convertible. We drove the Autobon, toured the BMW plant, and took in numerous German sights all the while driving the new BMW.
The car usually is housed in the garage but we haven't gotten the garage cleared out enough from our recent move to allow the BMW to enjoy its new home.
So as we mourn the destruction of my husband's BABY, remember to trim your trees!
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Oh my gosh, I never thought about that. We mainly have problems with the pollen from trees and the occasional bird dropping by ;-)
Linda....Wow what an unpleasant surprise! Hope your husband's "baby" can be fixed good as new.
Hey, Linda - The 'Bradford" pear is an actual pear tree. It's a commercial cultivar of the Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) which is native to China. Cultivars are usually named by the person creating it, and there is no specific naming convention, so it could have been Mr/s. Bradford who created it, or it might have been created in Bradford, Pennsylvania; or any number of reason why it was called 'Bradford."
In some areas it is considered an invasive pear.