Introduced in the mid-1960s, the popular cultivar of Callery pear was once a favorite among landscapers. They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an invasive ...

Our Ohio ecosystem with its rich diversity of plant life is everchanging. It is difficult to judge the future results of ...

Bradford pear trees are an invasive species, and their beauty is one of the problems. Have you gone on a walk around your neighborhood recently? If so, you may have stumbled across a big ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the front yard stood a massive Bradford pear tree. "The tree grew, I'm guessing, to somewhere over 30 feet tall," Gee said. Gee and his family had the healthy tree cut down this week after learning ...

the popular cultivar of Callery pear was once a favorite among landscapers. They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an invasive species, growing rapidly ...