Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of ...

Ornamental pear, Pyrus calleryana ... Thank you, birds, for pooping the seeds all over the place! These seedlings, or as I call them, weed trees, have now been deemed an invasive species.

Over the years, Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) has become one of the most widely planted ornamental trees in the US ... fruit and seed were imported in huge quantities for adaptability testing ...