My apples, pears and peach tree are blooming. The cool weather and shorter days right after losing so many leaves in the hurricane fooled the local flora into thinking it was spring. Yadda out.

My sister in the Austin area has Bradford pears blooming again and we didn't get the rain from Ike.

I have seen Bradford pears do this and it seems a last ditch effort to reproduce before they kick the bucket. Not sure why the other fruit trees are also doing this, but most of the time, not all the time, the Bradford pears are getting ready to die. They may not come back next spring.

really? these are trees that were just planted last year. She will NOT be happy about that. uhm, could YOU tell her for me?

Trust me, we're better off without bradford pear. Too many problems with this tree...

Don't say requiem for your tree yet. Every Bradford pear in town is blooming, as the city used them to plant the medians here. So are the redbuds, and my tangerine cross vine has also decided it's spring, as have the hosta, and the hydrangeas. They are just confused. I'm really going to have be careful if/when it freezes.