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Scientific Name: | Pyrus communis |
Common Name: | European pear, common pear |
Family Name: | Rosaceae |
Origin: | Europe, South Asia / India |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Columnar, Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Dried flower or fruit, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Urban agriculture |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrulate |
Flowers: | Corymb, White, Pink, Apr-May |
Fruit: | Edible, Pome, (Accessory tissue), Yellow, Green-yellow, Green, Aug-Sep |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves elliptic, ovate, serrated; bark is grey-brown/flat ridges at the top, red-brown branches. Winter ID: buds scaly, slightly tomentose, acute. |