Noticing that rotting-fish odor when you step outside this spring? It means Bradford pears are back in bloom - and the invasive trees are all over.

Spring, a beautiful time of year, especially as trees are blooming. There is one tree in particular that outshines others, the callery pear. You see its white flowers everywhere. Many mistakenly think ...

Bradford pear trees are blooming throughout Virginia now, and while they are beautiful, experts warn they are invasive and should be removed. The white flowers have a pungent fishy aroma, and the ...

The Bradford pear after an ice storm. The best treatment for these ornamental trees? Eradicate them. The trees are spreading and killing much-needed native species. Johnson County Extension Once the ...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Bradford Pears might look pretty to the eye in the spring and fall, but as it turns out, they're an invasive species taking over South Carolina forests, and the newer trees ...