Is a callery pear (bradford pear) common in central Indiana?
Indiana has NOT banned Callery pear statewide — the DNR's current Terrestrial Plant Rule (312 IAC 18-3-25) still lists 44 prohibited species and Callery pear is not among them; an amendment adding it alongside Norway maple and burning bush has been proposed since 2021 and remains pending. Some Indiana cities act on their own (South Bend prohibits it locally, Bloomington disallows it in new development) and neighboring Ohio's statewide ban took effect in 2023, so expect the rule to change but do not tell a customer the tree is currently illegal to own here.
Why that matters for tree work
Callery pear is the tree that splits itself apart on schedule — every cultivar carries the same built-in defect, a whorl of near-vertical stems meeting at one point on the trunk with included bark in the unions, so failure is a question of when, not whether. It has also escaped into fencerows and old fields across central Indiana, so most quotes on one are half hazard removal and half invasive control.
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