A quasi-perfect tree. Botanists brought the Callery pear to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s. They intentionally bred the horticultural variety to enhance its ornamental qualities.

A quasi-perfect tree. Botanists brought the Callery pear to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s. They intentionally bred the horticultural variety to enhance its ornamental qualities.

The Callery pear tree’s aesthetically pleasing, upward-facing branch structure meant limbs would rip and fly off during storms, threatening to injure people and damage cars and homes.(Kelly Oten ...

The Callery pear tree is starting to bloom across the state and is easy to spot along about any local roadway because of its brilliant white flowers, but they’ve become a beautiful problem.

The Callery pear tree, native to Asia, is favored for its fast growth, white flowers, glossy leaves and stress tolerance. But the tree is difficult to control and maintain; here's what to know.

How to Identify a Callery Pear Tree. Callery pears can grow to 40 feet tall, and tend toward round, gumdrop or pyramidal shapes. Their shiny, green, waxy leaves grow 2 to 3 inches long.

The "Chanticleer" Callery Pear was selected as the "Urban Tree of the Year" in 2005 by trade arborist magazine City Trees for its unique combination of resistance to blight and limb breakage ...

The Callery Pear and its variations are all over the state, with ongoing efforts by environmental organizations to remove them. They're a tree you won't see in many nurseries anymore.

A Callery pear tree is seen in Auburn, Ga., on Sunday, March 13, 2021. A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, ...

Once a popular landscaping choice, the Callery pear tree, specifically the Bradford pear cultivar, is now facing bans and eradication efforts due to its invasive nature. While lauded for its ...

“It’s time to phase this tree out in favor of better adapted or native trees,” writes one Utah horticulturist. “We need to replace it with more than a single type of tree and use more ...