The Post and Courier readers submitted photographs of fruit trees, and a winner and two honorable mentions were selected.

When you come across this tree, you may be surprised because its ornamental white flowers are so deceptive. Warning: Don't go ...

As Missouri becomes the latest state to ban the sale of Callery pear trees, researchers at MU are using artificial ...

Invasive plants are meeting their match. Driven by the desire to protect Missouri's ecosystems, a University of Missouri ...

It can be tough to grow trees or other plants in clay soil, which easily becomes compacted and waterlogged. Fortunately, this ...

Using pollinator-attracting companion plants can really help your fruit trees to thrive and produce a bumper harvest of ...

The Bradford pear tree is particularly eye-catching as spring kicks off and its blooms pop. But get close and a whiff of its blossoms may send you running. An ornamental tree found across the U.S ...

The Bradford pear tree is a variety of Callery pear cultivated in the early 1950s as a sterile tree without sharp spurs. Unfortunately, it cross-pollinated with other varieties leading to the rapid ...

Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. While losing blossoms and small fruit from your fruit trees can be disturbing it is usually a natural process.

"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...