And why do they smell? Here's what you should know. Callery pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) were introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture as ornamental landscape trees in the mid ...

Ever walk past a beautiful, white-flowered tree and then notice an unpleasant smell? You probably stumbled upon the Bradford pear tree.

Introduced to the United States from several Asian countries starting in the early 1900s, the white-flowered ornamental ... pear tree at an established threat level. Even so, if the smell or ...

Many people find the smell that emits from the Bradford Pear to closely resemble the smell of urine or rotting fish. It is meant to attract pollinators like blowflies, but it has the unfortunate side ...

Everyone has a different analogy for that smell, and none of them are evocative ... species causes another significant problem: Ornamental pear trees are very susceptible to fire blight, a ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” as the saying goes — but when it comes to Bradford pear trees, the nose often disagrees. Despite their lovely spring blooms, many say the trees emit a foul odor, ...

Besides their smell, they may seem harmless ... Share a photo or video of you cutting down your ornamental pear tree, and tag Colonial Gardens on social media to receive the bounty of a FREE ...

New York City is known for its array of strange smells, from urine to body odor, but one tree is filling the streets with a particularly unpleasant stench. The Callery Pear tree, which is in the ...

It's officially spring in Ohio, meaning you've probably seen white-flowering Callery ... Callery pear trees are "weak-wooded, poorly branched, and their flowers smell like a high school locker ...

so it quickly became a preferred plant for ornamental plantings," said ... to note that many people do not like the smell of Bradford pear trees. Finally, do not try to eat the fruit off of ...