You're scrolling through social media to see a beautiful plant captioned as a prickly pear and suddenly think, 'that looks an awful lot like my Christmas cactus.' Closer inspection of your ...

The white flower of the ornamental pear attracts insects — but to make sure they attract the right type of insect, the flowers produce a unique smell. "Most floral scents function to attract ...

Spring has sprung, and the flowers are blooming. Though it should be smelling pleasant this time of the year, you might walk past the Bradford pear tree and hold your breath. As of January 2023 ...

The "Chanticleer" Callery Pear was selected as the "Urban Tree of the Year" in 2005 by trade arborist magazine City Trees for its unique combination of resistance to blight and limb breakage ...

One reason plant breeders tried new types of Callery pear trees: Bradford trees, which can grow to 20-feet-to-30-feet-tall, are also prone to splitting and breaking, especially in windy weather.

As of 2023, it is illegal to sell, plant or grow Callery pear trees in Ohio, with similar bans to hit other states in 2024. By Ryan W. McEwan / The Conversation Published Mar 8, 2023 9:00 PM EST ...

Countless Bradford pear, or Callery pear, trees across the area have started to bud, with some even being in an early full bloom. The beauty of the tree's white and pink flowers is offset by the ...

One other challenge is that the Callery pear flower’s scents have been compared to rotting fish, urine and baby poop. Not a characteristic I would like to talk about very much.

A bright yellow prickly pear flower stands out against the plant’s purple pads. Photos by Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star Red cholla blooms brighten the deserts around Tucson in April and May.

Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.

The pear sites outside lynx territory, on the other hand, were far more popular: Across the entire study area, 70 percent of fox visits and 100 percent of stone marten visits to pear trees ...

The Missouri Invasive Plant Council is inviting St. Louis-area homeowners to cut down one or more Callery pear trees and receive one free, non-invasive tree. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...