With spring finally here in Ohio, you may have noticed those trees with the white flowers are already blooming on your street or at the local park. But starting next year, expect to see fewer of them.

Across the Upstate, the fluffy white blooms of Bradford pear trees are beginning to show up, causing delight for some and pure hatred for others.Why is a tree, described a few decades ago as “ideal” ...

Ornamental pear trees generously planted throughout Long Island are rotting as a result of a contagious, difficult-to-treat fungus, horticulturists say. “We’ve got hundreds of them that are dying,” ...

Ornamental pear trees are just one example of invasive species planted in gardens and yards that have escaped cultivation. Once they get established, they can inflict havoc on special places, such as ...

Ornamental pears like Bradford, Chanticleer, Redspire, Cleveland and others are commonly planted trees because of their white spring blooms and compact size. Unfortunately, ornamental or Callery pear, ...

Q: This summer the right side of my tree looked shorter and less filled out than the left side. Some of the leaves on the right side turned yellow early or else that side is dying. Is this a temporary ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana officials are ...

World War II had just ended, incomes were skyrocketing, the Baby Boom was underway — and Americans were reveling in first-time homeownership and the mass marketing of automobiles. The post-war ...

This report was originally published in April 2018. It's finally spring, and the Callery pear trees – white and beautiful – along highways and suburban cul-de-sacs are flowering again. Once called a ...