In the 1960s, scientists recognized its potential as an ornamental tree and Bradford pear quickly became one of the most popular trees east of the Mississippi River.

The tree quickly became a favorite in landscaping for its adaptability, its flowering color and its rounded crown. This March 10, 2022, image provided by Kelly Oten Shows a "Bradford" callery pear ...

It’s the perfect time of year to do birds and butterflies a solid — by killing an invasive, ornamental and all-too-common pear tree. This April and May, if you live in or near Kansas City and ...

Bradford pear trees stink... literally. But there are many other reasons you will want to remove this invasive, tire-puncturing tree from your property.

In 1964, an article in The New York Times said that for people improving their properties with trees, the “Bradford ornamental pear comes unusually to close to the ideal.” ...

To get maximum flowering out of an ornamental pear, wait until after the tree drops its blooms in spring to prune. But the down side of that is 1.) it's harder to see the branches then, ...

These ornamental pears did not fruit much if at all on their own, but unfortunately, they do become fruitful when they cross-pollinate. The result is that “volunteer” pear trees are seeding themselves ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (Joe Webb) - The flowering pear trees are in full bloom in the Tri-State right now, and they are blooming for the first time in some unusual places.Birds have spread the seeds ...

A non-flowering pear tree just might be too young to think reproduction. If lack of maturity doesn't explain this problem, it could be out-of-whack soil nutrition, lack of pruning, drought stress ...

Callery pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) were introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture as ornamental landscape trees in the mid-1960s, USA TODAY reports.

Even tree-huggers in the St. Louis area see the problems with Bradford pear trees. Ornamental pear trees look pretty, but even conservationists are targeting them Skip to main content Skip to main ...

Q. My ornamental pear trees have dropped numerous dried leaves, but as I look up into the trees, there are more dried leaves that have not fallen. Do I need to spray? I don't want to lose these ...