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 ...

This Callery pear plant, or the Bradford pear, is an ornamental species native ... characterized by trees that lose their leaves at the end of each growing season. Only certain plants and animals ...

From a distance Bradford pears and dogwoods look similar, but these trees have distinct traits that can help you distinguish ...

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

Ohio and Pennsylvania programs aim to stop the spread of the invasive Callery pear tree, which has taken over the two states ...

It's officially spring in Ohio, meaning you've probably seen white-flowering Callery pear ... flowers in the spring to purple leaves in the fall, Callery pear trees are an attractive signifier ...

Its rapid growth leaves its wood weak ... of a single species causes another significant problem: Ornamental pear trees are very susceptible to fire blight, a bacterial infection spread from ...

The festival celebrated the blooming of the ornamental pear trees along Beech Street that occurs every year at this time. (Photo courtesy of Shona Levy) “What a great feeling to welcome in ...

ABOUT 50 FLOWERING BRADFORD PEAR TREES LINE MARKET STREET IN YORK ... but sometimes you got to turn over a new leaf. No pun intended."The city says the Rotary Club will pay for the removal ...

It then quickly became a favorite in landscaping for its adaptability, flowering ... A close look at Bradford pear tree leaves and flowers. Callery pear trees are medium-sized trees that reach ...