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.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Meet the Bradford pear tree. As of January 2023, it became illegal to plant, grow, and sell this tree in Ohio due to its invasive nature. Ohioans are encouraged to get rid of them if they're found.

ST. LOUIS — A foul fish-smelling odor has descended on the St. Louis region, and local fish fries aren't to blame. Countless Bradford pear, or Callery pear, trees across the area have started to ...