First To Leaf Out; Last To Fall

We have two Bradford Pear trees in our front yard. They are the first trees in this area to leaf out in the spring and they are the last trees to lose their leaves in the fall. Sometimes, it will even snow before we are able to rake leaves. They have beautiful white blossoms in the spring that seem to glow in the sunlight. In the fall, they can turn red, yellow, orange, and almost black or dark cherry color.