A popular tree found outside many homes and on walkways across the Chicago area will soon be illegal to sell or grow after an ...

Every April, a different kind of blizzard sweeps across Chicago-area neighborhoods. White blossoms line parkways in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bradford pear trees in bloom along a driveway in Sussex County, Del. Lee Cannon/Flickr, CC BY-SA When people think of spring, they ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes. Bradford ...

City of Loveland officials are encouraging people to remove an invasive tree species and offering gift certificates for their ...

Callery pear—a commonly planted shade tree—is usually in full bloom this time of year. A tree that was once thought to be an ornamental, low-maintenance decoration, Callery pear is now being banned in ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — The PA Department of Agriculture recently added the Callery pear, also known as the Bradford pear, to its list of noxious weeds. The ban on the sale and cultivation of the popular ...

A callery pear is seen in Johns Creek, Ga. on Sunday, March 13, 2021. A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm ...

World War II had just ended, incomes were skyrocketing, the Baby Boom was underway — and Americans were reveling in first-time homeownership and the mass marketing of automobiles. The post-war ...

The Callery pear tree’s aesthetically pleasing, upward-facing branch structure meant limbs would rip and fly off during storms, threatening to injure people and damage cars and homes. Kelly Oten / ...