In the picture’s most bravura sequence, our protagonist, Sinan (Doğu Demirkol), a teaching-school grad and wannabe writer who oscillates between extremes of shy apprehension and dogged impertinence, ...

Cinema Guild has bought U.S. distribution rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s “The Wild Pear Tree,” a month after it premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Cinema Guild will release the film ...

Callery pear trees were originally brought to America to save the pear industry from fire blight. Now these saviors of the fruit industry have become invaders in the landscape and are banned ...

The Callery pear or Bradford pear is at the top of my list of trees you should not plant. I’ll tell you this: I have one in my backyard. Note: I did not plant this tree (it came with my house). What ...

“The Wild Pear Tree,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film, shares its title with a manuscript written by its protagonist, a restless young man named Sinan. The book is a collection of short pieces, quasi- ...

Along the sidewalks of many towns, showy white blooms of Callery pear trees signal the arrival of spring. But they don’t bring a smile to everyone’s face. “Pyrus calleryana has earned a reputation as ...

Each October for the last six years, our family has undertaken a quest to visit a wild pear tree. Located in a small, quiet canyon south of town, this pear tree is both a mystery and a treat. We are ...

ANDERSON, S.C. — One way to help the ecosystem is to grow more trees. Another way is to kill a certain white flowering tree, said landscape designer and contractor Durant Ashmore, who has written ...

Spring is when nature tells everyone that while winter was a good rest, it's time to get back to blooming flowers, bees buzzing, and lawn mowers running. Over the past 10 years, spring in the woods ...

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 ...