The Chanticleer Callery pear tree was selected "Urban Tree of the Year" for 2005 by respondents to the arborist magazine City Trees.

Bradford pear trees are a pretty sight, but they produce a pretty foul odor. They're also illegal in Ohio. Here's what to know.

Bradford pear trees are a pretty sight, but they produce a pretty foul odor. They're also illegal in Ohio. Here's what to know.

Bradford pear trees bloom along 21st Street near the Sedgwick County Park in this 2017 file photo. Fernando Salazar The Wichita Eagle A popular tree in the Wichita area could be the thing that’s ...

Once the Callery pear tree was landscapers’ favorite – now states are banning this invasive species and urging homeowners to cut it down ...

The Callery pear, which can grow as tall as 50 feet, is considered an invasive tree and can no longer be sold and planted in Ohio. Last year I described how I learned about the Callery pear.

Callery pear trees, such as the Bradford and Chanticleer pear trees, are medium-sized and rapidly growing species that can form dense thickets and outcompete the area's native species, according ...

Callery pear trees are beginning to bloom in Ohio. But these trees are considered invasive and can no longer be sold or planted.

Ohio became the first state in the country to ban the popular but invasive Callery pear trees — a species usually sold under cultivar names such as Bradford, Cleveland Select and Chanticleer.

The pear trees go by a few dozen names — including Chanticleer, Bradford and Cleveland. They’re all variations of the Callery pear species, Pyrus calleryana.

Mar. 29—The State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management is cautioning against the use of ornamental pear trees in landscaping due to it being an invasive plant species. Callery pear trees ...