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

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

As a popular tree to the geography of Robeson County, these invasive trees may have caught your eye, appearing admirable with their white petaled clusters. But the truth behind the beauty of their ...

The purple leaves in the fall ... Another challenge when you're near a Callery pear and it's not windy is the smell. The tree's scents have been compared to rotting fish, urine and baby poop.

It wasn’t until the 1970s that a USDA scientist named John Creech had his gardener’s eye caught by a particular Callery pear seedling. It had glossy, dark green leaves, brilliant fall foliage ...

Callery pear trees, more commonly known as Bradford pear trees, can be found throughout Knoxville and East Tennessee. Introduced to the United States from several Asian countries starting in the ...

Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing ... it doesn’t drop a lot of leaves or fruit,” DeWitt said. “But I just think there are a lot of nice native trees you ...

Here's a list of those significant issues. Bradford pear trees are a variety of the Callery pear, which was introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s in an attempt to fight fire blight ...

Springfield arborist Noel Boyer says he’s lost count of the hundreds of Bradford or Callery pear trees he’s had to tackle in his career. Through his experience, these seemingly beautiful trees ...