About This Episode Grumpy helps a reader deal with their diseased pear tree. Plus, the plant of the week. Question Of The ...

Fruit trees can be one of the most rewarding additions to your garden. A well-cared-for, mature apple tree can yield between ...

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

While it can produce stunning blooms, this tree’s odor has been compared to dead fish, vomit, and urine, to name just a few ...

When the Bradford pear trees are in bloom in early spring, you pretty much can't miss them; you see the lovely white blossoms on trees everywhere - and you smell that not-nearly-so-lovely fishy ...

But once the trees had established themselves in suburbia, researchers realized that they could cross-pollinate with any other variety of Callery pear tree that happened to be nearby. That enabled ...

Those nasty trees that smell like rotting fish can no longer be bought, sold, or distributed by Missouri plant nurseries ...

It doesn't matter if you call it a Callery pear or a Bradford pear — in 2025, the trees are an eco-disaster that disrupts native plants and wildlife. Here's what to know about Bradford pear ...