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

Bradford Pear trees, known for their foul-smelling blossoms, are considered an invasive species. Alternatives like chokecherry and serviceberry are recommended. If you're taking a walk and see a ...

Starting with just one tree won’t work. For a good harvest, pears require two different varieties for cross-pollination. Make those disease-resistant varieties such as Moonglow and Honeysweet ...

Or, leverage the fact that Asian pear is a fruit tree that's ideal to espalier, which involves training a tree to grow flat against a wall or trellis. You can do it with dwarf trees or full-size ...

About 50 flowering Bradford Pear trees line Market Street in downtown York. The white blossoms create an almost magical scene along a three-mile stretch. This will be the last spring to admire them.

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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 ...

Mark Grueber, Community Forester for the Missouri Department of Conservation and certified arborist, explains that these trees are not local to the Midwest. “They are native to China, Korea, Vietnam ...

Local News The issue with Bradford pear trees, and why they're more than a smelly problem The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has named the Callery pear family as an established threat.

Now that there are so many varieties, Chamberlin said the tree is able to cross pollinate and produce viable fruit, which birds eat and spread its seeds to other areas.