Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Pyrus calleryana Red Spire
Common Name: Red Spire Callery Pear
Description | A pyramidal form of the Bradford Pear. |
Pronunciation | (PIE-rus)(kal-er-EE-aa-na) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | small 3/4 inch white, 5 petaled flowers borne in dense corymbs in the early spring before the leaves |
Leaves | thick, shiny, green, yellow in fall |
Stems | thornless |
Dimensions | 35 by 25 feet (HS) |
Maintenance | ca be acceptable to fire blight |
Cultivar Origin | Originated as a seedling of Bradford Pear, at the Princeton Nursery, New Jersey USA (1975) |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Jacobson) |
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