Bradford pear trees are banned in a few states. More are looking to replace, eradicate them. Bradford pear trees, which can help spread wild, thorny Callery pear trees, are becoming a target of ...

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Bradford pear trees line the entrance to the parking lot of a small shopping center off Tazewell Pike in Knoxville, Tenn. on March 12, 2024.

The Bradford pear was the best tree — glorious blooms in spring and fiery foliage in the fall, fast growing, not too tall. In the 1960s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture envisioned cities with ...

This report was originally published in April 2018. It's finally spring, and the Callery pear trees – white and beautiful – along highways and suburban cul-de-sacs are flowering again. Once ...

For those same reasons, it is also illegal to plant, sell of grow Bradford pear trees in Ohio. The trees were banned in 2023 and are also included in Ohio's list of invasive plants.. In November ...

The trees are beautiful. Those Callery pear trees, known regionally as Bradford pears, are large and covered with white, five-petaled flowers, native to China and Vietnam. You’ve seen them bloom ...

A state rule last year banned 44 species of invasive plants in Indiana. But there were a few exemptions to the list: notably, the Bradford pear.

There are so many pear trees that they’re now part of Ohio’s invasive species list. “You’ll see the trees' bright white flowers, but in the underbrush there are many more saplings and ...

Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.

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Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.