OHIO (WJW) — Most every state in the country has them: state flags, songs, flowers, birds and more. Whether they celebrate history, nature or other uniqueness, they help tell a story about each ...

CINCINNATI — Flowers and trees are starting to bloom across Ohio, but not all things in bloom are a good thing. The Callery pear tree is starting to bloom across the state and is easy to spot ...

Ohio can thank superstitious President William McKinley for its state flower: the scarlet carnation. McKinley, a Niles native, adopted the red carnation as his good luck charm after he was gifted ...

Your favorite football team was named after Ohio’s state tree, known as the Ohio buckeye tree. Now that fall has arrived, the husks have started falling from trees to reveal a brown one-eyed nut ...

Spring has sprung, and the flowers are blooming. Though it should be smelling pleasant this time of the year, you might walk past the Bradford pear tree and hold your breath. As of January 2023 ...

Spring has sprung, and the flowers are blooming. Though it should be smelling pleasant this time of the year, you might walk past the Bradford pear tree and hold your breath. As of January 2023 ...

CINCINNATI — A beautiful tree is causing a problem so ugly a state law has been developed to deal with it. The Callery pear tree is in full bloom and easy to spot along about any local roadway ...

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 ...

Ohio is not the only state to ban the Callery pear tree; Pennsylvania and South Carolina have enacted similar bans. The tree poses a “major threat” to native grasslands and wildlife, according ...

Ohio became the first state to ban the sale of the popular, but invasive, Callery pear trees in Jan. 1 weather alerts 1 ... They have abundant flowers that attract all kinds of pollinators so they ...

Remontant blooming is another way that plants can respond. Typically, plants form next year’s buds right after they flower. Those buds stay in a dormant state through the rest of summer, fall ...