Although their early March blooms make them popular for many homeowners, some experts say the Bradford pear can have a ...

Although their early March blooms make them popular for many homeowners, some experts say the Bradford pear tree can have a negative impact as it crowds out other plant and tree species native to ...

One man is facing charges after police say valuable timber was stolen from at least two farms in Robertson County.

It’s so invasive it crowds out other native plants and provides little ... Good alternatives to planting the invasive Bradford pear in East Tennessee are eastern redbuds, red buckeyes, yellowwoods and ...

The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council deems ... Some alternatives Davie recommends planting are trees like a native dogwood or plum trees. These will also flower white around the same time.

Experts believe many of the impacts are negative, including the crowding out native plants, the trees’ rapid spread ... in more than half the counties in Tennessee. “They just disrupt ...