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

The Bradford pear tree is cross pollinating with other cultivars of the parent species; a cultivar is a plant variety produced by selective breeding. The problem is that some of the offspring ...

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

Fast forward a few years and now we have pear seedlings popping up all over the metro and beyond — mainly around roadside fences, under power lines, and in grassy fields and native areas.

The best time to remove a Bradford pear is early in the season, before it begins producing the berries that birds can eat, which spreads the seeds around. Good alternatives to planting the ...

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

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, ...

While Bradford pear trees and cultivars of the Callery pear are typically self-infertile, meaning they cannot produce seeds within the same variety or on the same plant, they readily cross ...