Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

The Bradford pear tree is particularly eye-catching as spring kicks off and its blooms pop. But get close and a whiff of its blossoms may send you running. An ornamental tree found across the U.S.

The Bradford pear tree, with its fluffy white early-spring blossoms, is a looker. Even the tree's putrid aroma emitted at full-bloom hasn't kept it from becoming a go-to ornamental option for ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree ...

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...

Indiana has rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but the ornamental plant trade, globalization and development have introduced new threats to these ecosystems. IndyStar is ...

NILES — A bird known as the American woodcock, aka timerdoodle, launches its bizarre mating flights from an open meadow at The Sanctuary subdivision in Niles that Steve Weber and a business partner ...

Yes, you can grow fresh fruit on your balcony.

Callery or Bradford pear trees are starting to show up in many eastern forests. Once established, the invasive trees are hard to eradicate, a biologist warns. A popular imported tree that became a ...