Bradford pear trees were once a common choice for landscapers and homeowners. They're beautiful trees for spring flowering, ...

Many people find the smell that emits from the Bradford Pear to closely resemble the smell of urine or rotting fish. It is meant to attract pollinators like blowflies, but it has the unfortunate side ...

From beloved to banished, cities and states are outlawing cultivars of the Callery pear, a popular, yet highly invasive, ...

is an ornamental species native to Southeast Asia that was introduced to America in the 1900s. Because of fire blight, a disease affecting pear and apple trees, the Callery pear was introduced in ...

Softly leading into the announcement of their demise during an Arbor Day tree planting at Penn Park April 8, 2025 in front of the student body of Jackson Elementary School, Tom Landis, superintendent ...

It's officially spring in Ohio, meaning you've probably seen white-flowering Callery pear trees blooming all over the region. The Callery pear tree − also known as the Bradford pear tree − is ...

Callery pear trees simply became too easy and inexpensive to pass up despite its flaws. This overplanting of a single species causes another significant problem: Ornamental pear trees are very ...

As you wander around outside you may see many different types of trees and shrubs blooming for spring now. It gets us really ...

YEAH, JERRY, THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FINAL SHOW FOR THE BRADFORD PEAR TREES HERE IN DOWNTOWN YORK. THERE ARE BLOSSOMS OUT HERE, BUT THE CITY SAYS THE TREES ARE NOT THRIVING. ABOUT 50 FLOWERING ...