Beginner Gardening: Topping Bradford Pears, 1 by jess2132000

jess2132000 wrote:
ecrane really like your idea but we live on a small yard with many other houses around us. Im am torn we love the shade. The arborist we have gave us a quote of 350 to trim it back and thin it again this year. He also suggested digging a two foot trench and putting tarp paper in to stop the roots from cracking the driveway even more. That is $150 for that. I feel if we left the tree go for another year or two Im just afraid the driveway will sufford more. We may just have the work done to it but not sure how many more years we will get out of this tree.Some say take it down others say its a nice shade tree and you will miss such a big tree once gone. Augh never a easy decision. Wondering if having them thinned all those years helped it from cracking. Never really sure..