Are you serious, or trolling for flames?

It's a callery pear; God only knows what cultivar - or it could just be one of the hundreds of bazillions of escaped seedlings('planted' by a bird sitting on the electrical line passing overhead, in this instance) that are popping up around the countryside, demonstrating this species' rampant invasive capabilities.

Hee hee...seek3, you must be new to this forum or you wouldn't have posted this question! Hopefully, you aren't trolling because I'm going to take the time to educate you a little.

Not only is this tree a terribly invasive species (as my dear cousin Lucky mentions), but it is extremely structurally unsound, short-lived, and bears lots of very stinky flowers in the spring.

It hasn't become rampant in NYS YET, but it will. As long as people think that they 'have the perfect spot for it'.

Hey, cuz'n D; regards to RR! Glad y'all made it safely through the tornadoes.

The seeker and I have been corresponding off-list; she wasn't trolling.
But, if any of y'all on the forum here could recommend an appropriate tree "same shape, eventually 16 feet tall max, 8 feet wide max, zone 6a?", I'm sure she'd be appreciative of all selections you could offer up for her consideration.

In the process of searching, I ran across an article I'd not seen before. Here 'tis:

Here is a link that might be useful: History of the Callery pear in the US

I think 'Winter King' hawthorn has a similar shape, but it can get up to 30 feet tall.

She's looking for a shrub.

Dan

Acer palmatum 'Twombly's Red Sentinel' will come pretty darn close to the specs outlined. Except that it has red leaves :-)

That's a cool cultivar, GG.

Dan

One of the narrow forms of Syringa reticulata would pretty much fill that bill. 'Ivory Silk', 'Ivory Tower', et al.

In NY state, they are going to take their time growing too, but are plenty hardy enough.

SeekSeekSeek could also take a look at Cornus mas 'Golden Glory', though it has gotten slightly wider than that for me.

Hi it's Seeker. My deal is: I am a total newbie doing own landscaping. Recently rebuilt house and don't have enough $$ left to hire a pro. If I wasn't such a consummate researcher, I'm sure I would choose and plant amazing-looking weeds, invasives, and spreaders. But alas, I never make a move without a plan, so here I am, at the mercy of kind strangers!
This is my front yard. A blank canvas. {{gwi:354113}}I have some plants I saved from before the rebuild, but since I am in the tree forum I will only bother you with this one piece of my puzzle: You see the left side of the house has a strip that's begging to be covered? That is where I am thinking of putting a tree 16' h x 8'w.
Thanks for looking :)

Seek,
Don't be shy about asking questions here. There are many of us here that will go out of thier way to give you halpful advice. We are here doing so, because it is what we want to do, and to put our combined knowledge to use. Doesn't mean that there aren't disagreements, but you will get all reasonable help as long as you work with us. So ask away. Start new threads. Give good information so that you can get good replies and everyone will be happy.

Arktrees