NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville Metro Water Services is encouraging the public to refrain from planting Bradford pear trees as they’re invasive and prone to breaking easily. While they’re known ...

Bradford pear trees have several undesirable qualities you may want to avoid. Reviewed by Joseph Tychonievich Bradford pear trees are the trees people love to hate. Notorious for their funky-smelling ...

A Bradford pear tree, a popular cultivar of Callery pear, is shown in blossom. Those white-flowering trees you see along the highways and in neighborhoods throughout Central Indiana might seem like a ...

Ornamental pears like Bradford, Chanticleer, Redspire, Cleveland and others are commonly planted trees because of their white spring blooms and compact size. Unfortunately, ornamental or Callery pear, ...

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 ...

Growing a pear tree indoors lets you enjoy fresh fruit at home, even if you don’t live in the right outdoor climate. Choose a small, self-fertile pear variety and plant it in a roomy pot with good ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like a white Christmas. Unless there’s a freak blizzard, huge groves of trees in nearly every direction are not supposed to seem snow-covered this time of year. With these ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is once again asking the public to stop the spread of Callery pear trees and plant alternatives instead. Also known as the Bradford pear, the Callery pear tree ...