Throughout the long and varied history of horticulture, there have been and continue to be practices and products that catch on with the gardening public that in reality have no place in the garden.

Q: We have this Bradford pear tree in our backyard. Last summer when the tree was in blossom, we had this foul odor in our yard when the wind was blowing just right. I figured that odor was coming ...

It's that time of year again, when the smell of rotting fish fills the suburbs as Bradford pear trees begin to bloom. The smell comes from a combination of trimethylamine and dimethylamin, emitted by ...

The callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) made its appearance in the United States in the 1900s when it was imported from Asia to improve the health of our common pear, which was prone to fire blight. A ...

Throughout the long and varied history of horticulture, there have been and continue to be practices and products that catch on with the gardening public that in reality have no place in the garden.