Bark – Light brown/gray; at maturity, bark has horizontal lenticels. The flowering pear (Pyrus calleryana), also commonly called Bradford or Callery pear, is native to East and Southeast Asia and was ...

Last week I touched a nerve with my discussion of ornamental pears and the process of topping to preserve these trees. I rather expected this reaction as I penned the article. I knew I was pushing ...

But whoever dreamed up the worst pruning practice for any tree — topping ornamental pears to “save them” from their fate — is out of their mind. Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear ...

With many different types of pear trees available, there are a variety to choose from and consider for your landscape.