If there's a pretty white-flowering tree in front of your house in spring, chances are it's Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana), also known as Callery pear. The white blooms are a welcome sign of spring ...

The snarl of a chainsaw never sounds sweeter than when slicing through the trunk of a nasty Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana). I have railed against the spring-blooming, white-flowering tree for years.

Closeup selective focus spring footage showing a Pyrus calleryana, Callery Pear tree at full blossom. The white cluster flowers are moving in breeze with song birds singing in background. Bradford ...

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Bradford pear trees are notorious for limbs that split in wind, heavy snow and ice, but the newer varieties were bred to have much stronger wood. They are a beautiful tree when they bloom to their ...

The tree was used in experimentation with the common fruiting pear (Pyrus communis) which resulted in the Bradford Pear vultivar, a tree that could tolerate a variety of harsh growing conditions. A ...

Closeup selective focus spring footage showing a Pyrus calleryana, Callery Pear tree at full blossom. The white cluster flowers are moving in breeze with song birds singing in background. Bradford ...