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Old 04-29-2009, 10:41 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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Naperville (where I live) and Downers Grove (where I work) are filled with trees with small white flowers that are now in full bloom. They are very pretty at the moment, but they STINK! Can anyone tell me what those trees are called? They are commonly found lining streets or in people's front yards. If someone has some suggestions, I'll look them up in Wikipedia.

We are planning on tearing out some hedges this summer and possibly planting a tree in our front yard. I don't want to accidentally buy one of those trees. Phew!

There are also trees with large, waxy pink flowers. The blossoms are the size of magnolias, but they are pink with darker streaks. Those are beautiful also, but they make a mess. Lots of our neighbors' lawns are littered with those flowers right now. I don't think we want one of those either.

Thank you!

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Old 04-29-2009, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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are you sure it is a bad smell or just annoying to you? Are you sure it is not a shrub or a bush?

the only tree that I can think of, as you described, would be the Dogwood. Does that ring a bell?

here's a link for you:

dogwood - Google Image Search
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:35 AM
 
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Magnolias or tulip trees.
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:37 AM
 
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Heh, you know what I did? After I posted, I Googled "stinky white tree." I should have done that first. I think the trees are Bradford or Callery pear trees, an ornamental tree that is commonly used along streets and in business parks. The closeup of the flowers looks right, and the other sites I looked at all mentioned the smell. It's the flowers.

Callery Pear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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I guess you are not alone! good find.
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:56 PM
 
Location: home state of Myrtle Beach!
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I have a bradford pear in my front yard here and they are all over the town where I live now. I can't say that I've ever noticed a stinky smell but they sure are pretty when they start to bloom and when the flowers fall they aren't annoying either. The lawnmower does a good job of breaking them up and the wind whips them away when it blows. Down here ours have already turned green as we are far ahead of you in the growing season.
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Old 04-30-2009, 10:00 AM
 
Location: The Land of Lincoln
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Some viburnum are "sticky", you may want to avoid those in your landscape remodel.
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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All I know is Im enjoying all the sights and smells that Spring has to offer. We have some kind of tree at work that is currently all pink and daggone that thing smells soooooooooooooooo good I want to eat it. Have no idea what it is, but yum. lol
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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We have many Magnolia trees in the city as well.
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Old 04-30-2009, 09:28 PM
 
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I'm with Steve-o. Complainging about flowering trees this time of year is like complaining about sunshine and happiness. What a wet blanket post!
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