Sales of this Asian native and its best-known cultivar, the Bradford pear, have been banned in three states: Ohio, ...

Bradford pear trees may be visually appealing, but their drawbacks far outweigh their brief beauty. While their white blooms ...

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

Springfield arborist Noel Boyer says he’s lost count of the hundreds of Bradford or Callery pear trees he’s had to tackle in ...

Several days of stock market drops have left consumers fearful of their portfolios and have sparked rumblings of an impending ...

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to raise awareness of developmental disabilities and the challenges ...

The state Department of Agriculture is giving away native plants to those who show they've removed invasive ones.

The bright white profiles of Callery Pears stand out from the edges of forests and yards in February and March in North ...

Here's a list of those significant issues. Bradford pear trees are a variety of the Callery pear, which was introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s in an attempt to fight fire blight ...