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 ...

If you're looking for an easy-going, low-maintenance fruit tree for your yard, a pear tree (Pyrus sp.) is a great possibility. Botanically speaking, all pear trees are part of the Pyrus genus within ...

If you want to grow a pear tree that produces fruit indoors, then it’s best to choose dwarf varieties. “Avoid cultivars that ...

Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

Growing apples and pears in your backyard is not as simple as just digging hole, plopping in a tree and waiting for the bounty. Contra Costa Master Gardener Darlene DeRosa says you need to do research ...

It's not unusual for the same kind of tree in the same general area to grow at different rates. Q: I have a row of eleven 6-foot-tall 'Cleveland Select' pear trees where two of them are not as robust ...

Ornamental pear trees gave us the last fall color displays, and already they are seducing us again. Look around you at all the downy white, lollipop-shaped Bradford pear trees everywhere, and the ...

The South Carolina Forestry Commission is looking to replace trees that often emit a foul odor when they begin to bloom in ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - They have been among the most popular ornamental tree varieties in northeast Kansas for a number of years. Now, efforts are underway to curb the growth of Bradford pear trees in ...