IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO REVAMP YOUR LANDSCAPING, TREES NATIVE TO NORTH CAROLINA, SIMILAR TO BRADFORD PEARS, INCLUDE THE FLOWERING DOGWOOD, BLACK CHERRY, RED MAPLE, RIVER BIRCH, AND SERVICEBERRY.

“My first taste of a wild pawpaw was the tipping point into obsession ... hiding in plain sight all around us in the woods in North Carolina.” While the taste of pawpaws — which is ...