They also provide year-round visual interest.

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, a callery pear tree emerged from the rubble. It now stands at ground zero as a symbol of hope.

A Zone 8b property report documents low-spray pear performance in the South, underscoring practical options for warm-climate ...

The trees are beautiful. Those Callery pear trees, known regionally as Bradford pears, are large and covered with white, five-petaled flowers, native to China and Vietnam. You’ve seen them bloom and ...

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 ...

For 52 years, Baltimore had the Chanticleer pear, also known as the callery pear, as its official city tree. That changed ...

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 Bradford pear, hugely popular when suburbs were developed, contributed to an invasion of trees conquering nearly anywhere it lands. South Carolina is stepping up its fight against it. David Coyle, ...