Ornamental Pear Tree

by Kay Novy

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Ornamental Pear Tree

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Kay Novy

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The ornamental pear tree (pyrus calleryana) and its cultivars possess characteristics that make them ideal as landscaping centerpieces. With an abundance of showy flowers in warmer seasons and striking leaf color in the cooler ones, ornamental pears bring beauty year round. In addition to their ornamental attributes, they are relatively simple to care for, as well as utilitarian.
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An ornamental smog-fighter! Performs well, even near crowded city streets. Shapely tree has clusters of powder-white blooms in spring. Come fall, foliage turns a landscape-illuminating crimson red. Bears no fruit. Cold-hardy.
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The Bradford Pear is a cultivated variety of the Callery Pear. Unlike most other pear trees this form is grown mainly for its ornamental features. The showy, white flowers appear during spring growth, often before the leaves. In contrast to their appearance, however, the flowers have an unpleasant odor. In autumn the leaves turn bright red to dark red before falling. The fruits are small and round, less than 1 inch in diameter, hardly resembling the traditional pear in appearance. While on a tree they are hardly visible, being hidden by leaves. The Bradford Pear is very disease resistant, making it useful as a street tree. But the relatively short life span (about 25 to 30 years) makes it necessary to replace individuals more frequently than with most other street or screen trees.

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May 21st, 2014

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