This rot is caused by a fungus that attacks the tree's bark, with apple and pear trees being the most common hosts. If not addressed promptly, canker can kill a tree within a single season and ...

You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

As pear trees carry their fruit on spurs close to the ... After feeding in spring wait until after a downpour then mulch the tree with chipped bark, leaf mould, sheep wool or spent compost.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There is a new proposal to look at the effects of a well-known tree that some say should be banned in Tennessee, the Bradford pear. Rep. Clay Doggett (R-Pulaski ...