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The ornamental pear and its cultivars, Redspire and Aristocrat are the tallest of the flowering trees, reaching up to 50 feet high. Fauer is the smallest at a diminutive 20 feet tall. The Capital variety is in between, reaching up to 35 feet in height.
Many or maybe most large Bradford pears even break in 40 to 50 mph winds (normal trees with good branch angles and roots can withstand 55mph+ winds like it was nothing during growing season).o, we get to your point, they probably are only good for maybe 35, 40, 45 years out here if maintained decently. Hey! Out here, that is a great ornamental tree choice. And, fwiw, the old trees I planted were B pears, I have a Cleveland pear at my new house, so there have been plenty of chancs for them to cross here.