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Landscape Size: 20'-30' tall, 20'-30' width
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Light Requirement: Full Sun
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Water Needs: Moderate
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Sunset Zone: 6-9, 14-16, 18-24
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Growth Habit: Columnar
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Growth Rate: Moderate
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Attributes: Deciduous, Attracts Birds, Edible Fruit
These characteristics apply to the greater Sacramento area and nearby regions.
Live outside of our area? Please check with your local cooperative extension for the best growing practices in your neck of the woods.
Visit: UC Cooperative Extension Offices
Visit: National County Extension Offices
Prefers enriched soil with good drainage. Establish good structure when young and keep pruned. In summer, prune to keep tree to a manageable size. Estimated chilling time of 200 hours below 45°F.
Fiber pots available from winter to early spring. Seven gallon cans available from early spring to through summer. Check with your local store for current availability.
Six, self-fruiting pear varieties grafted to one tree are pruned to an ornamental, 3-tiered espalier form. Grows outward in a flat shape perfect for planting against a fence or wall to occupy otherwise unusable space.
Semi-dwarf tree grown on OHxF333 rootstock. Can be maintained at 4'-5' tall, and 8'-10' wide with summer pruning.
We pot our bareroot fruit trees in plantable fiber (pulp) pots. They make for easy planting and protect new roots so they don't break or dry out. Read On: How to Plant a Pulp Pot.
Shop our full selection of bareroot fruit trees in stores. Read on: List of Fruit Tree Varieties
Prefers enriched soil with good drainage. Establish good structure when young and keep pruned. In summer, regular pruning is required to keep espaliered tree form. Estimated chilling time of 800 hours below 45°F.