The white-flowering Bradford pear trees that brighten yards, roadsides and parking lots each spring are part of a larger ...

If you're lucky enough to have homegrown pears on your pear tree, it can be frustrating if the fruits of your labor just ...

Every property owner faces the same dilemma at some point: that aging oak near the driveway, the storm-damaged branches hanging overhead, or the stubborn stump that's been sitting in the yard for ...

Michigan has banned the import of six invasive plant species, including the popular Callery pear tree. The newly prohibited plants also include glossy buckthorn, common buckthorn, Japanese barberry, ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Preserving evolutionary history is an important goal of biodiversity conservation. Yet flowering plants are frequently overlooked in global biodiversity assessments; only around a fifth of angiosperm ...

When Nikkilyn Morrison moved into her Old Town condo a decade ago, she didn’t give much thought to the tall, leafy trees that peeked into her fourth-floor view. Today, she wishes she had. Last month, ...

A popular tree found outside many homes and on walkways across the Chicago area will soon be illegal to sell or grow after an unexpected turn of events. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources ...

Bradford pear trees are the real Jersey devil. Spring has sprung and the Garden State’s very pretty, but oh-so-stinky, Bradford pears are blossoming — and perfuming neighborhoods with their noxious ...

It’s that time of year again, when Bradford pear trees spread a fishy, chlorine‑like smell across New Jersey neighborhoods. Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other nonnative plants that ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. This spring you will notice hundreds of white blooming ...

It’s a beautiful spring day – it’s finally warmed up again after a week of chilly temps! You step out your front door to go for a walk, take a deep breath in and smell … rancid fish?! Unmentionable ...