Help keep your outdoor space a sanctuary and don't plant these trees near your deck because they can be messy, invasive, or ...

Propagate a fig tree for friends and neighbors or to increase your harvest each season. Here are three easy methods to try ...

A new initiative offers residents in the Pigeon Creek Watershed a chance to replace Bradford pear trees with native species. Participants can receive up to four free native trees in exchange for a ...

Bradford pear trees are the real Jersey devil. Spring has sprung and the Garden State’s very pretty, but oh-so-stinky, Bradford pears are blossoming — and perfuming neighborhoods with their noxious ...

It’s that time of year again, when Bradford pear trees spread a fishy, chlorine‑like smell across New Jersey neighborhoods. Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other nonnative plants that ...

The article defending the “Callery,” actually the cultivar “Bradford,” pear tree fails to mention that this non-native tree was introduced as the Bradford cultivar in the 1960s and has rapidly become ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. This spring you will notice hundreds of white blooming ...

It’s a beautiful spring day – it’s finally warmed up again after a week of chilly temps! You step out your front door to go for a walk, take a deep breath in and smell … rancid fish?! Unmentionable ...

Have you gone on a walk around your neighborhood recently? If so, you may have stumbled across a big, beautiful, white-flowered tree. Then, when you got a little closer, you may have thought, "why ...

Originally sterile, the Bradford pear began producing fertile fruit after cross-pollination with other pear cultivars. Several states, including Ohio and South Carolina, have banned the sale of ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. A tree resistant to disease and drought, able to thrive in different environments, and whose puffy white leaves looked great in backyards and city streets ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive, and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...