OSU Extension recommends these native trees to plant as an alternative to the pretty but harmful Bradford pear trees: The Extension also recommends having "zero tolerance" for the tree species, and in ...

It is weak-wooded, poorly branched and its flowers smell like a high school locker room laundry pile. Bradford pear trees: Stop planting the invasive trees and take down every one you see If the ...

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

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 odor ...

ST. LOUIS — A foul fish-smelling odor has descended on the St. Louis region, and local fish fries aren't to blame. Countless ...

Residents who wish to remove Bradford pear trees from their property are encouraged to contact a licensed tree professional ...

The smell lingers for as long as the flowers do. While it's commonly known that Bradford pear trees emit a foul odor and compete with native plants, some people might be unaware that the trees ...

In this episode of Growing the Ozarks, host Kelly McGowan of the University of Missouri Extension talks with Springfield ...

The Bradford pear (Pyrus callerana "Bradford") was originally developed as a way to help control fire blight in pear trees. Fire blight can be a devastating bacterial disease in fruit trees. In the ...

Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing tree this side of the Garden of Eden. Sales of this Asian native and its best-known cultivar, the Bradford pear, have been banned in ...

Most commonly, people complain that it reeks of rotting fish or spoiled milk, and the foul smell lingers as long as the flowers do. While it's widely known that Bradford pear trees emit a foul ...