The Callery pear or Bradford pear is at the top of my list of trees you should not plant. I’ll tell you this: I have one in my backyard. Note: I did not plant this tree (it came with my house ...

Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line ...

South Carolina put the Callery pear tree on its list of state plant pests in 2021 and passed a ban on the sale of Bradford pear trees and any trees grown using the Pyrus calleryana rootstock ...

The Bradford pear tree is a variety of Callery pear cultivated in the early 1950s as a sterile tree without sharp spurs. Unfortunately, it cross-pollinated with other varieties leading to the rapid ...

Dear Neil: I planted a 3-in-1 pear tree three years ago at our place in South Texas. It’s only had one blossom on it so far, so it’s sluggish in that regard, but it’s also very yellow.

The Callery pear tree is invasive since it can grow in any soil type. The tree itself grows sterile fruit, but due to cross-pollination, some of its cultivars, like the Bradford pear, grow fertile ...