The Bradford Pear Bounty Program exchanges a Bradford pear tree for a free young native replacement tree. The next one is on March 25 at the UK Franklin County Extension Office on Lakeview Court ...

At this point, the pear tree is ready to be pruned in order to conserve energy during the winter season when it does not make any food. READ MORE: How to kill ivy roots- the 6 easy methods ...

UK households who have pear or apple trees in their garden have been warned to prune them in winter. The Royal Horticultural Society has issued a warning to UK households who need to act in the ...

The Bradford pear tree was supposed to be small but ended up growing 40 to 50 feet tall. And the flowers had a sickeningly sweet aroma that hung in the air when the trees were planted in groups (a ...

A non-flowering pear tree just might be too young to think reproduction. ... Lack of maturity is one reason a pear tree may not flower. Q: I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree I planted 4 years ago.

The trees are beautiful. Those Callery pear trees, known regionally as Bradford pears, are large and covered with white, five-petaled flowers, native to China and Vietnam. You’ve seen them bloom ...

Pear tree varieties open their flowers at different times from each other. For example, the European pear variety called Hood has blossoms that open quite a bit earlier than Bartlett pear.

Q. I have an Asian pear that I planted several years ago but it has never fruited. This spring it had lots of blooms, but it still doesn’t look like it has set any fruit. Can you tell me what is ...

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. From white flowers in the spring to purple ...