Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

A Bradford pear tree can be a beautiful sight to behold. But that's about where its usefulness ends. The Bradford pear, also known as the Callery pear, can create unpleasant smells and, more ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. This spring you will notice hundreds of white blooming ...

Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to ...

Once a popular landscaping choice, the Callery pear tree, specifically the Bradford pear cultivar, is now facing bans and eradication efforts due to its invasive nature. While lauded for its beauty ...

The Bradford pear tree, with its fluffy white early-spring blossoms, is a looker. Even the tree's putrid aroma emitted at full-bloom hasn't kept it from becoming a go-to ornamental option for ...

Spring is a time for blooming plants and flowering trees. But word to the wise: some of those beautiful blooms might come from invasive species. One such plant is the Bradford pear, a tree covered in ...

I had not visited any of my favorite garden centers since January, so on a warm, sunny afternoon recently, I strolled through one of Columbus’ finest garden centers and explored the collection of ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. A tree resistant to disease and drought, able to thrive in different environments, and whose puffy white leaves looked great in backyards and city streets ...