Homeowners are invited to replace an invasive species with a fresh, free tree. The Missouri Department of Conservation along ...

PIPESTONE — The Pipestone County Master Gardeners will host three different sessions on apple and pear tree grafting — at 9 a ...

Missourians with a foul-smelling invasive Callery Pear Tree can now register for a buyback program that will replace it with ...

I had a friend ask me about his Bradford pear this past week. Bradfords across the county are now in full bloom with ...

Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing tree this side of the Garden of Eden. Sales of this Asian native and its best-known cultivar, the Bradford pear, have been banned in ...

You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

Several Redditors in the comments identified the plant as a Bradford pear, with one warning, "Definitely a pear, and ...

Bradford pear trees are brittle trees that break easily. They're also invasive in many areas, so skip this flowering tree and plant one of these instead.

Bradford pear trees may be visually appealing, but their drawbacks far outweigh their brief beauty. While their white blooms ...

The Department is once again teaming up with the Missouri Invasive Plants Council to offer the 2025 Callery Pear buyback program. On top of its successful launch in 2019, 630 trees were given away ...

Registration for the Callery Pear Buyback event is open from March 17 through April 17. To register, participants choose a native tree and submit a photo of the cut-down Callery pear tree. One free, ...

However, research into the manifestation of this influence in the seedling stage is lacking, especially in small-scale plots. Methods: Our research utilized structural equation models parameterized ...