Q. What are the small trees flowering around town? They're covered in white blooms. A. The evergreen pear, one of the first to flower each year, is in bloom. This semi-evergreen, Pyrus kawakami, ...

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in a ceremony at Joaquin Miller Elementary School marking Arbor Day. The evergreen pear tree was planted in a park at the school by staff from the Park, Recreation and Community Service Department.