Beginning this coming week in Greater Columbus, we should start to see the full bloom of one of the most widely planted flowering trees, the Callery pear. ... which has a weeping growth form.

Dear Roger: My flowering pear trees look like they will die. They are dropping brown leaves. ... a weeping red-leaved form, a white-flowering form, several plants of the Chinese species, ...

What a spring it has been for flowering trees! ... beautiful and long-lived (50 years). Some are double-flowered, some are columnar and some are weeping. ... The Bradford callery pear ...

So are fruit trees, including ornamental crab apples and weeping cherry and pear trees. Not all suckers are due to grafting. “Some kinds of suckers can be a sign of stress,” Janoski said.

Webeler said there are native, non-invasive trees that are great alternatives, such as a weeping cherry tree or a flowering peach tree. “Plant diversity," he said.

The dank smell of the ornamental pear blossom attracts honey bees and flies, specifically, hover flies. And there's a good, but smelly, reason.

Weeping silver pear is a small deciduous tree with an interesting and lovely effect in the garden. Its grayish leaves are long and narrow -- like a willow, which is how it gets its name ...

The Callery pear tree, native to Asia, is favored for its fast growth, white flowers, glossy leaves and stress tolerance. But the tree is difficult to control and maintain; here's what to know.