Feature Tree: April 2001


Common Name: Ussurian Pear

Scientific Name: Pyrus ussuriensis

Family: Rosaceae

Hardiness:  Zone 3b.  Hardiest of all pears.  

Habit: Dense, round headed growth.  Mature height 25'-35', mature width 25'-35'.  Annual growth 12-18 inches.

Landscape Value: In colder climates it is a valuable ornamental.  Excellent floral display in early spring.  Trees do not bloom fully for approximately 10 years.

Fruit: Small, greenish yellow.  Not usually edible, very grainy.

Flowers:  Pink fading to white, slightly larger than 1 inch.  Flowers in April-May.

Leaves: Glossy green in summer changing to reddish-purple in the fall.

Bark:

Insects and Diseases: Least susceptible of all pears to fireblight.

 

 

 

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