AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Bradford pears are known for their white flowers and rotten smell. The tree is an invasive species in North Carolina. A bounty ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Many people look forward to the blooms of spring, but North Carolina State University wants to see less of a particular white-flowering tree. You might be familiar with the Bradford ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tree that has invaded the South and brings comments of, "What's that smell?" is about to start blooming once again as we inch ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A new program in North Carolina is placing a “bounty” on invasive Bradford pear trees as they spread through forests in the state. The initiative is set to start with an April 23 ...

Drive into pretty much any neighborhood in the Wilmington area in late winter or early spring and you're likely to see ornamental trees in yards and along streets covered with blooming white flowers.

Once promoted by the government as the perfect ornamental landscape tree, Bradford pears are now seen as a dangerous scourge ...