While the profuse show of brilliant white flowers of Callery pear ( Pyrus calleryana) might seem a welcome sight in the still ...

The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely ... bloom at different times during spring and summer: Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) is an Ohio native with ...

An invasive tree species that is illegal to plant in Ohio has begun to bloom, and will soon fill the air with a distinctive ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - An invasive tree is beginning to bloom across Ohio. According to WCMH, the Callery pear tree, a species ...

Over time, birds have spread the trees’ seeds from residents’ yards to ... The agency recommends serviceberry trees, eastern redbuds, American plums and flowering dogwoods as alternatives.

Trees with white flowers have a way of lifting and lightening a garden’s mood—as well as soothing the mood of the gardener.

Fruit are small and inedible but are carried by birds who drop seed in roadside ditches, easements and natural areas. Many of these invasive flowering pears have thorns and aggressively choke out ...