That ammonia-like scent in the air might be linked to a tree that was once believed to be sterile trying to maintain its family line. In late March and early April, Bradford pear trees don’t just ...

Indiana is taking decisive action to curb the spread of the Callery pear, a popular but destructive invasive tree species ...

Matt Dear, a natural resource technician for Johnson County Park and Recreation District, kills an ornamental pear tree on park property. Nearly 1,000 people who chop down a Bradford or other Callery ...

Those white-flowering trees you see along the highways and in neighborhoods throughout Central Indiana might seem like a welcome harbinger of spring. They actually represent a threat similar to one ...

Callery pear trees, though once popular, are now illegal to plant, grow or sell in Ohio due to their invasive nature. The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely.

An initiative by the Kettering Tree Committee wants to remove the trees from city-owned land and replace them with native ...

It seems spring has finally reached Ohio. “With warmer temperatures, we are starting to see some of our first blooms of the season,” said Thomas Becker, an Ohio State University Extension Agriculture ...

Audubon’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count kicks off in Gastonia and the Lake Norman area this weekend. Birders will gather in Charlotte and Raleigh the following weekend. From Dec. 14-Jan. 5, ...

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 ...