If you want to learn how to grow a pear tree, this guide looks at how to plant, maintain and harvest pears with tips from two ...

Bradford pear trees stink... literally. But there are many other reasons you will want to remove this invasive, ...

If planting now, water the tree after planting, then you shouldn’t need to water it all winter. The tree will be in dormancy, and shouldn’t need water until after it leafs out in the spring.

In the worlds of horticulture and ecology, the Bradford pear trees that grace our streets, parks and shopping centers and greet spring with white flowers have become public enemy No. 1. They are ...

What trees to plant in Ohio instead of Bradford pears. Bradford pear trees are beautiful, but they are also smelly, invasive, and threaten local species.

Are Bradford pear trees harmful? Yes. The trees choke out other plants, particularly in fallow fields, or empty tracts of land seen as future forests. They can grow to 30 feet tall and the "dead ...

One reason plant breeders tried new types of Callery pear trees: Bradford trees, which can grow to 20-feet-to-30-feet-tall, are also prone to splitting and breaking, especially in windy weather.

Get Bradford pear tree sales banned in Tennessee. Campanis recommended that Oak Ridge area residents help reduce the spread of Bradford pear trees by refraining from planting them and by removing them ...

Good alternatives to planting the invasive Bradford pear in East Tennessee are eastern redbuds, red buckeyes, yellowwoods and fringe trees, the Blount County Master Gardeners organization suggests.

Bradford pear trees are ubiquitous, prized by landscapers for their white blooms. But these trees are also highly invasive, and they've raided Indiana. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion ...

Callery Pear grows to a height of 30 to 50 feet with a spread up to 30 feet wide. Thick leaves grow alternately, are dark green, grow with sharp spurs along branches, and turn reddish-purple in the ...

Planted in many eastern and southeastern states in the 1960s and 1970s, the Bradford pear tree lost its luster as a landscape gem in the 2000s when it was deemed an invasive plant in 29 states and ...