Pros and Cons of Bradford Pears

The Bradford Pears are nearing full bloom. They are beautiful when they bloom, but I can not
stand to see them shaped like lollipops. On my 50th birthday a Bradford Pear fell on my house
in Mobile. So they do not have the strongest of limbs. Also in Alabama , they are greatly overused when a lot of lovely natives are ignored like Shadblow Serviceberry, Silver Bells, and
Chinonanthus.