If there's a pretty white-flowering tree in front of your house in spring, chances are it's Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana), also known as Callery pear. The white blooms are a welcome sign of spring ...

The white blooms are a welcome sign of spring until their smell hits your nose. That offensive scent isn’t the only thing bothersome about Bradford pear trees. Their limbs are weak, and the ...

Closeup selective focus spring footage showing a Pyrus calleryana, Callery Pear tree at full blossom. The white cluster flowers are moving in breeze with song birds singing in background. bradford ...

Dear Reader: Bradford and other ornamental pears are grafted ... Have them take the crown of the tree out as well as all major roots. Hopefully they’ll be easy to eliminate.

Court documents say the administration knew other Bradford pear trees on the school’s campus had similarly dislodged and had fallen limbs, as the species is known for having branches and limbs ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them this January for a potentially lethal disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, suggests in his book's ...

On May 22, the 6-year-old boy was sitting outside under a Bradford pear tree at Sugar Creek Elementary School in New Palestine, according to a lawsuit filed by the boy’s parents. While the boy ...

Bare rooted pears can be planted at the onset of the rainy season and pear trees need good light levels to produce fruit and will thrive in a sunny and sheltered spot. They can grow as specimen ...

Dear Neil: I’m going to be taking two Bradford pears out ... Have them take the crown of the tree out as well as all major roots. Hopefully they’ll be easy to eliminate.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Arbor Day Foundation awarded Bradford Council the 'Tree Cities of the World' title. This was in recognition of the council's efforts to increase tree ...