Q. What are the small trees flowering around town? They're covered in white blooms. -- F.S., Houston A. The evergreen pear, one of the first to flower each year, is in bloom. This semi-evergreen, ...

Quick, check the calendar. Spring doesn’t start until March 20, but there’s a tree in the L.A. area that’s pushing that date to ... right now. There’s one other thing: The flowers stink. Unlike ...

Your article on April 17 explained what happened to my evergreen pear tree about two weeks ago. All of a sudden it is about 90 percent covered with the leaf spot you described. I remember last year at ...

A young red-tailed hawk takes flight from its perch on a flowering pear tree in North Natomas, Monday, April 1, 2019. Lezlie Sterling [email protected] Callery pear trees are already blooming ...