However, birds and other animals can spread the seeds, so the trees grow vastly and crowd out native plants, disrupting ecosystems. Pennsylvania stopped the sale of the majestic tree, native to Asia, ...

The tree is native to China and was brought over in the early 1900s to replace another type of pear tree in America being wiped out by disease. Over time, people planted the Bradford pear as an ...

Countless Bradford pear, or Callery pear, trees across the area have started to bud, with some even being in an early full bloom. The beauty of the tree's white and pink flowers is offset by the ...

Callery pear trees are native to Asia and were brought to the United States about 100 years ago as a way to combat disease in orchards of French pears. Qualities like their upright, compact form ...

And the Callery pear, a non-native tree species introduced from Asia in the early 1900s, is often chosen to line those streets.

The tree is native to China and was brought over in the early 1900s to replace another type of pear tree in America being wiped out by disease.

Blossoms on a Bradford pear tree in Cary, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. There’s no better way to say it — Bradford Pear trees stink. But their smelliness isn’t the only reason to hate them.

The Bradford pear tree, with its fluffy white early-spring blossoms, is a looker. Even the tree's putrid aroma emitted at full-bloom hasn't kept it from becoming a go-to ornamental option for ...

The best time to remove a Bradford pear is early in the season, before it begins producing the berries that birds can eat, which spreads the seeds around. Good alternatives to planting the ...

Now, the white-flowering Bradford pear trees are considered a nuisance, and that was well before hurricane-force winds swept through Friday. With their early-blooming white flowers and pungent ...

The tree emits two specific (stinky) chemicals that draw flies in so the tree can get pollinated. Flies are the Bradford Pear’s main pollinator, and flies are attracted to smelly things, Oten said.

The tree became known as the "perfect neighborhood tree," notes the Virginia Department of Forestry. But that's not the whole story on Bradford pear trees. There's something worse than their smell.