General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Tree
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Plant Height: |
40 ft |
| Plant Spread: |
15-20 ft |
| Leaves: |
Good fall color
Deciduous
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| Fruit: |
Edible to birds
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
Malodorous
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
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| Uses: |
Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Birds
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| Resistances: |
Drought tolerant
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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- Flowering Pear
- Callery Pear
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 24, 2018 7:51 PM concerning plant:
This cultivar of Callery Pear from China is one of the few cultivars left that are being propagated because it is not as likely to break from storms because of the weak, brittle wood. It has a more upright, tighter branching habit than most. I don't mind it as a parking lot island tree or some such tough, limited, urban site itself, but unfortunately the hungry birds will eat its tiny brown pears and seed it into the wild, where it becomes an invasive nuisance plant. It has nice white flowers, though they stink, but the Callery Pear does not make a good quality ornamental tree for a regular yard or landscape. I told my neighbors not to plant one from Home Depot because of those reasons and someday they will be sorry. That sorry day came in 2023 when the tree did have a big breakage from a storm and they took it down.
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