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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...