Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They 're attractive, alluring, symbolic of spring — and they smell like rotting fish. Bradford pear trees are a common sight ...

In the worlds of horticulture and ecology, the Bradford pear trees that grace our streets, parks and shopping centers and greet spring with white flowers have become public enemy No. 1. They are ...

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 ...