A row of Bradford pear trees with white flowers - Jilllang/Getty Images Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana) and flowering dogwood trees (Cornus florida) are easy to spot during the early spring and ...

Reviled. Despised. Singled out for eradication. 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 ...

It might look pretty when it blooms, but there is one kind of pear tree that spells disaster for your yard. It's best to eradicate this tree before it spreads.

Q: We had a Bradford pear that suddenly, with no warning at all, fell over in a brisk windstorm last March. It could have fallen onto our house, into the neighbor’s fence, or over our landscape, so at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Property owners with Callery pear (also known as Bradford pear) trees can swap the invasive species for a Missouri native tree in April. Property owners can cut down one (or more) ...

Bradford pear trees, an incredibly invasive and non-native species, are back and spreading fast across Missouri.

(THE CONVERSATION) – When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Bradford pear trees, an ...