One of the most well-known types of flowering pear trees is 'Bartlett', which is also typically found on most grocery store ...

Bartlett pear trees grow and produce best in slightly acidic soil with a pH of 5.9-6.5. If you know your soil isn't this acidic, you'll want to acquire and apply an acidifying product with ...

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

CINCINNATI — Flowers and trees are starting to bloom across Ohio, but not all things in bloom are a good thing. The Callery pear tree is starting to bloom across the state and is easy to spot ...

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.

This ornamental pear tree has trunk damage, and if not removed, it likely will fall. Courtesy image Q: This summer the right side of my tree looked shorter and less filled out than the left side.

Callery Pears are shown in flower on a berm just off US 20. As you go about your business this third week of April in northern Indiana, you will notice some flowering trees with beautiful white ...

The "Chanticleer" Callery Pear was selected as the "Urban Tree of the Year" in 2005 by trade arborist magazine City Trees for its unique combination of resistance to blight and limb breakage ...

During flowering, honeybees carry infectious pollen from one tree to another. Ornamental flowering pears are a major source of fireblight. They can be infected, but unfortunately not killed by the ...

Ornamental pear trees are illegal to sell or plant in Ohio, but there is no requirement to cut down existing trees. Since January 2023, it is illegal in Ohio to plant or sell ornamental pear trees.

Fireblight on an ornamental pear tree. (Photo by Laura Simpson) By Laura Simpson | [email protected]. UPDATED: October 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT. Q.