While the profuse show of brilliant white flowers of Callery pear ( Pyrus calleryana) might seem a welcome sight in the still ...

Bradford pear trees are a pretty sight, but they produce a pretty foul odor. They're also illegal in Ohio. Here's what to ...

In addition to the white blooms, Dr. Beck said an easy way to spot an invasive and non-intentionally planted Callery pear is ...

Callery pear trees, though once popular ... numerous cultivated varieties (or cultivars) were able to cross-pollinate with each other and produce viable fruit and seed. The white flowers seen ...

An invasive tree species that is illegal to plant in Ohio has begun to bloom, and will soon fill the air with a distinctive ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - An invasive tree is beginning to bloom across Ohio. According to WCMH, the Callery pear tree, a species ...

He added, “If they weren’t the source of a monstrous invasion, it’s a great tree to plant.” He said what changed was that in the 1970s, different varieties of Callery pear trees were ...

they readily cross-pollinate with other varieties of pear. This results in fruit production in subsequent generations of trees that are fertile. Beyond their overabundance and displacement of ...

Commonly spotted invasive plants in Kansas include several types of honeysuckles and the infamous Callery (or Bradford) pear ...

In January 2023, buying and selling the tree officially became illegal in Ohio, and for a number of reasons. The tree is native to China and was brought over in the early 1900s to replace another type ...