Identifying and removing ornamental pears Some states have banned the sale of Callery pears, but the trees are still sold in Kansas and Missouri under a wide variety of names.

Q: My home state of Kansas is going to ban Bradford pear trees in 2027. I like this tree and was thinking of buying another one as a local nursery is having a sale. Is the tree as bad as they say ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -Some Kansas communities are taking steps to curb the population of an ornamental but invasive tree. The trees are frequently called Bradford pear trees or or Callery pears.

Bradford pear trees are banned in Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. More states are looking to ban the trees, best known for their stinky smell.

Kansas agriculture regulators are considering a quarantine of invasive Callery and Bradford pear trees, which would ban nurseries from selling them.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Department of Agriculture wants to prevent a certain kind of ornamental pear trees from being planted in the state. It’s called a “permanent quarantine ...

The pretty white flowers of Bradford pear trees return every spring – and so does the smell! Here’s what you need to know about the invasive species.

Once planted for their esthetic appeal, The Kansas Department of Agriculture now requests public input on a proposed measure to regulate the planting of the Bradford Pear Tree across the state.

It’s the perfect time of year to do birds and butterflies a solid — by killing an invasive, ornamental and all-too-common pear tree. This April and May, if you live in or near Kansas City and ...

If there's a pretty white-flowering tree in front of your house in spring, chances are it's Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana), also known as Callery pear. The white blooms are a welcome sign of ...

Once its ornamental value and hardiness were recognized in the 1950s, the Callery pear was used to develop cultivars, including the Bradford pear tree, according to the University of Illinois ...

Bradford pear trees were introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture as ornamental landscape trees in the mid-1960s.