Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

There's a beautiful but invasive tree that's a common sight along suburban roads. If you have it in your yard, have it ...

Noticing that rotting-fish odor when you step outside this spring? It means Bradford pears are back in bloom - and the invasive trees are all over.

Pear trees can be roughly divided into two types: European and Asian. This distinction is not just about origin but also the fruit they produce. Fruit from Asian pears is usually crunchy and round or ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With spring in full bloom across West Michigan, there is at least one tree that plant biologists would like to kill off across the state: the callery pear. The callery ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree ...

Sure, they're pretty, and their white blooms are a harbinger of spring. But they also omit an unpleasant odor reminiscent of rotten fish — and that's not even their biggest problem. Bradford pear ...

Spring means everything is in bloom...including the odorous Bradford pear tree. What North Carolinians need to know.