With many different types of pear trees available, there are a variety to choose from and consider for your landscape.

Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of ...

You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem ...

Over the years, Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) has become one of the most widely planted ornamental trees in the US. But over that time, it has also become abundantly clear that it is not the ...

is an ornamental species native to Southeast Asia that was introduced to America in the 1900s. Because of fire blight, a disease affecting pear and apple trees, the Callery pear was introduced in ...

Last year on Facebook, we made a tongue-in-cheek post about Bradford pear trees ... disease in fruit trees. In the 1980s, Bradfords became one of the most popular ornamental trees in the U.S ...

Flowers and trees are starting ... to replace another type of pear tree in America being wiped out by disease.Over time, people planted the Bradford pear as an ornamental tree.

LOUIS – Bradford pear trees, an incredibly invasive ... especially during peak blooming season. While these trees were very popular decades ago for ornamental purposes, they are now considered ...