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 ...

A Bradford pear tree, a popular cultivar of Callery pear, is shown in blossom. Those white-flowering trees you see along the highways and in neighborhoods throughout Central Indiana might seem like a ...

Germinating and growing time-lapse of a pear tree from a seed to young plant. Pear seeds were extracted from a fresh ...

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 ...

Growing and maintaining apple and pear trees is a rewarding experience for any gardener or citrus lover. Besides yielding yummy fruits, the trees can beautify your yard or garden with their flowering ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is hard to believe this is the last week of April. Hopefully, most of the cold weather is behind us as we experienced two very chilling nights this week ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like a white Christmas. Unless there’s a freak blizzard, huge groves of trees in nearly every direction are not supposed to seem snow-covered this time of year. With these ...

State officials are collecting public comments on a proposal that would make it illegal to buy or sell six invasive species, ...

Those white-flowering trees you see along the highways and in neighborhoods throughout Central Indiana might seem like a welcome harbinger of spring. They actually represent a threat similar to one ...