Sales of this Asian native and its best-known cultivar, the Bradford pear, have been banned in three states: Ohio, ...

PIPESTONE — The Pipestone County Master Gardeners will host three different sessions on apple and pear tree grafting — at 9 a ...

Missourians with a foul-smelling invasive Callery Pear Tree can now register for a buyback program that will replace it with ...

You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

Homeowners are invited to replace an invasive species with a fresh, free tree. The Missouri Department of Conservation along ...

Bradford pear trees may be visually appealing, but their drawbacks far outweigh their brief beauty. While their white blooms ...

Registration for the Callery Pear Buyback event is open from March 17 through April 17. To register, participants choose a native tree and submit a photo of the cut-down Callery pear tree. One free, ...

However, that includes some trees that should not belong in the region. Springfield arborist Noel Boyer says he’s lost count of the hundreds of Bradford or Callery pear trees he’s had to ...

Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of ...

Bradford pear trees are early spring bloomers. The first broad introduction of the Callery pear in the U.S. was in 1916 after pear orchards in Oregon were ravaged by a bacterial disease known as ...

Bradford pear trees may be visually appealing, but their drawbacks far outweigh their brief beauty. While their white blooms signal the arrival of spring, they emit an unpleasant odor reminiscent ...