If you've lived in Oklahoma City at some point during springtime, you've probably encountered — or at least smelled — the pungent blooms of the Bradford pear tree. In 2017, we put the Bradford ...

Bradford pear trees are banned in a few states. More are looking to replace, eradicate them. Bradford pear trees, which can help spread wild, thorny Callery pear trees, are becoming a target of ...

When Callery pear trees in gardens and parks started depositing seeds in nearby areas, wild populations of the trees became established. Those wild trees could pollinate one another, as well as ...

Bradford pears are blooming all over parts of America: pretty, but a problem! NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with master gardener Jessica Damiano about the trees.

What you’ll notice is the pear trees are growing through the honeysuckle.” At the Voice of America Park in West Chester, Culley pointed out the wild pear trees, which make up 90% of this wooded area.

Bradford pear trees are blooming throughout Virginia now, ... Pear trees have widely planted since the 1970s ... The sharp thorns that grow on wild-growing Callery pear seedlings also make them ...

If Bradford pear trees are so bad, then why was there a grace period where they could still be sold? After the Ohio Department of Agriculture listed the Callery pear on its invasive plant species ...

Some wild cherry trees can be currently found blossoming too, but they mostly bloom later in the spring. Bradford pear trees are especially noticeable at this time of the year because their dense ...

Wild propagation started slowly at first, but by the 2000s, Callery pear trees were found widely disbursed along roadsides, open fields and forest edges, especially in the east and south.

Callery pear trees were originally brought to America to save the pear industry from fire blight. Now these saviors of the fruit industry have become invaders in the landscape and are banned ...