Most pear tree varieties require cross-pollination from a companion tree, while some are self-pollinating. Consider growing ...

Besides providing their tasty, versatile fruit, native plum trees are a keystone species, which means they provide critical resources for wildlife including food, shelter and breeding sites.

Sour cherries are a hardy and self-pollinating variety, which makes them an excellent choice for residential settings, says ...

Where did it come from, why is it so popular, why is it such an awful tree to plant, and some suggestions for better species to plant in its place. Pyrus calleryana, the Callery pear (Fig. 1), was ...

Bradford pear trees are an invasive species, and their beauty is one of the problems. Have you gone on a walk around your neighborhood recently? If so, you may have stumbled across a big ...

This exotic invasive tree species is commonly found in Indiana landscape, callery pear. Callery pear has been planted as an ornamental tree in the midwest for decades. The original selection bradford ...

Many people find the smell that emits from the Bradford Pear to closely resemble the smell of urine or rotting fish. It is meant to attract pollinators like blowflies, but it has the unfortunate side ...