The City of Columbia is encouraging residents to remove invasive Bradford pear trees this Earth Day as part of ongoing ...

New Jersey is fed up with the Bradford pear's foul-smelling blossoms and has banned the tree under law. However, the Garden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's officially spring in Greater Cincinnati, meaning you've probably seen white-flowering Callery pear trees blooming all over ...

We should start with the thing that makes most people aware of the Bradford pear: its smell. People tend to step coyly around ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader. Callery pears, which is a species that was brought to America from Asia a century ago, ...

The Invasive Species Management Act outlaws the sale and spread of species, like the Bradford pear, Japanese barberry and ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes. Bradford ...

A Callery pear tree is seen in Auburn, Ga., on Sunday, March 13, 2021. A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm ...

Indiana has rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but the ornamental plant trade, globalization and development have introduced new threats to these ecosystems. IndyStar is ...

Along the sidewalks of many towns, showy white blooms of Callery pear trees signal the arrival of spring. But they don’t bring a smile to everyone’s face. “Pyrus calleryana has earned a reputation as ...

A Callery pear invasion is crowding out native species on this agricultural land, converting it to woodland. Credit: Oklahoma State University Extension, CC BY-ND When people think of spring, they ...

That ammonia-like scent in the air might be linked to a tree that was once believed to be sterile trying to maintain its family line. In late March and early April, Bradford pear trees don’t just ...