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How to grow a pear tree – an expert guide to healthy and productive fruit, from planting to harvesting

Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to ...
KTVB

You Can Grow It: Tips for planting a tree

BOISE, Idaho — Fall is a great time to plant a new tree. It can get established without the intense summer heat, and before the ground freezes. On this edition of 'You Can Grow It,' KTVB Garden Master ...
Yahoo

The curse of the Bradford pear: here's what the trees look like, what to plant instead

A Bradford pear tree in bloom is a sure sign that springtime is in the air. You may have noticed the trees by the delicate white flowers they carry, adding to the beautiful seasonal backdrop. However, ...
Columbus Dispatch

Bradford pear trees are banned in Ohio. Here are 16 trees to plant instead

Spring has sprung, and the flowers are blooming. Though it should be smelling pleasant this time of the year, you might walk past the Bradford pear tree and hold your breath. As of January 2023, it ...
Purdue University

Invasive Bradford-Callery Pear: Why it is so detrimental and what to plant instead

Purdue Landscape Report: Most people these days have, at the very least, heard of Callery and Bradford pear trees and know something about the invasiveness of this ornamental street tree. But I still ...
The Oak Ridger

Bradford pear trees: Don't plant them, cut them down, UT Arboretum ed coordinator says

In the worlds of horticulture and ecology, the Bradford pear trees that grace our streets, parks and shopping centers and greet spring with white flowers have become public enemy No. 1. They are ...
WSMV

What’s that smell? Nashville warns of planting ‘invasive’ Bradford pear trees

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville Metro Water Services is encouraging the public to refrain from planting Bradford pear trees as they’re invasive and prone to breaking easily. While they’re known ...