The Callery pear tree − also known as the Bradford pear tree − is a common non-native tree that has grown in popularity due to its pretty foliage.

As Paul Cappiello, executive director at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, writes, Callery pear trees are "weak-wooded, poorly branched, and their flowers smell like a high school locker room laundry pile." ...

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, ...

Dogwood tree: Like Bradford pear trees, Dogwoods are covered in white blossoms in the springtime. Eastern Redbud trees: Redbud trees are known for their flashy pink flowers in the springtime, ...

Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.

ST. LOUIS — A foul fish-smelling odor has descended on the St. Louis region, and local fish fries aren't to blame. Countless Bradford pear, or Callery pear, trees across the area have started to ...

The tree was introduced to the U.S. to assist in developing fire blight resistance in European pear trees. These trees, which can grow between 30 to 60 feet tall, are easily identifiable by their ...

The tree is native to China and was brought over in the early 1900s to replace another type of pear tree in America being wiped out by disease. Over time, people planted the Bradford pear as an ...

Gee said the Bradford pear in his yard was killing the grass around the tree. Looking around, his neighbors also have pear trees in their yards. "If they are having issues with a lawn with a pear in ...

Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.