{"title":"Ornamental and Fruiting Pears","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighteen listings sit in this range, and every one is an ornamental Pyrus grown for blossom, foliage and form. None of them is an eating pear. The Pyrus communis and nashi selections live under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fruit-trees\"\u003efruit trees\u003c\/a\u003e, and they want a compatible pollination partner within bee range and a genuinely cold winter before they crop properly. Nothing on this page is grown for a crop, so neither requirement applies. Winter chill still shapes the display. Manchurian pear flowers thinner and colours unreliably in the subtropics, and Winter Glow's late burgundy comes out muted and brief unless the autumn nights turn cold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eTen Callery listings, and eight that are not\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen of the eighteen carry Callery blood. That covers the calleryana selections most buyers arrive looking for, along with Javelin, a calleryana crossed with pyrifolia, and the Edgedell hybrid, which brings the same callery type seedling risk with it. Callery cultivars cross pollinate each other freely, birds carry the seed away, and seedlings have naturalised along creek lines and rail corridors in parts of Victoria and New South Wales. That is the sharpest version of the problem, but the exclusion runs to the genus. Check the local weed listing before a rural or public planting, and keep any pear on this page off a block backing onto bushland or a watercourse. The other eight are not spotless either. Manchurian pear raises seedlings in beds nearby, and both snow pear listings drop small hard fruit, so keep them off pale paving and well back from a pool surround.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eFour plants are listed twice\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eCount plants rather than listings and the range shortens. Manchurian pear has two entries, one of them a single 90L line with no other grade behind it. Snow pear runs as a species listing and as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-nivalis-snow-pear-grafted\"\u003ePyrus nivalis Grafted\u003c\/a\u003e, where the graft is what holds the upright domed habit and the white felt true. Weeping silver pear splits further apart again. The straight Pyrus salicifolia is a twiggy, untidy dome that you either train up as a small standard or leave low as a large grey shrub, while \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-salicifolia-pendula-weeping-silver-pear\"\u003ePyrus salicifolia Pendula\u003c\/a\u003e is worked onto a stem and finishes as a wide mound with the branch tips sweeping the ground. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-bradford\"\u003eBradford\u003c\/a\u003e runs twice as well: a full listing from a 180mm square pot through to 400L and bare root, and a two size grafted line carrying 400mm and 500mm only.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eWhich grade to order\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixteen of the eighteen offer a 400mm pot, so a mixed order specified at one grade usually lands there. Fourteen carry 100L, eleven carry 200L, and seven reach 400L or larger. Seven listings offer nothing under about 35 litres, Red Spire, Southworth Dancer, Javelin and Edgedell among them, so a screening run started from small stock is not on the table on those listings. The 180mm square pot on Bradford's full listing is the smallest container on the page. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eCapital\u003c\/a\u003e runs from a 200mm pot up to 750L, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-cleveland-select\"\u003eCleveland Select\u003c\/a\u003e covers small containers through to very large specimens. Bare root appears on seven listings only, five Callery selections plus Manchurian pear and snow pear, while the other eleven are container stock and go in whenever there is water behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-betulaefolia-southworth-dancer\"\u003eSouthworth Dancer\u003c\/a\u003e is Pyrus betulaefolia, not a Callery pear at all, with a narrower, longer leaf that opens grey and downy. Betulaefolia is the species nurseries have long grafted other pears onto, because it copes with heavier, wetter and more alkaline ground than most pears will, which makes it the first one to look at for a damp clay corner. With the Pendula, moving up a pot size buys width rather than height, since the head is already worked onto its stem. For which silhouette suits the space, the formative pruning it needs and the pests that arrive with it, read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-bradford-grafted","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana Bradford Grafted","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf the Callery pears in the trade, Bradford is the broad one. Where Capital and Chanticleer hold a narrow column, Bradford builds a wide pyramid that rounds out with age, so it belongs on an open avenue or a generous nature strip rather than a tight townhouse frontage. White blossom covers the bare branches in early spring, glossy leaves follow, and autumn brings red and burgundy tones that develop best where the nights get genuinely cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo practical points before you order. Bradford is known for tight, crowded branch unions, and older specimens can split in storms, so formative pruning in the first few years to space the scaffold limbs along the trunk is time well spent. Second, Callery pear seedlings are recorded as an environmental weed in parts of New South Wales and Victoria where different cultivars cross pollinate, so check the local council list before planting near bushland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees are grafted, so keep the trunk clear of suckers. Full sun, moderate water, and 400mm or 500mm stock from two of our growing sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 500mm, priced from $199.00 to $229.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309363769713,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311636492657,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/RQ8LgQ1gRwqrrFTBppmaT_VcGFCqhn.jpg?v=1787628809"},{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-x-pyrifolia-ncpx1-javelin","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana x pyrifolia NCPX1 Javelin","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrow here means narrow at maturity, not just while the tree is young. Javelin holds a tight upright column with short side branches, which is what makes it workable in service verges, along driveways, between buildings and anywhere a run of screening is wanted without giving up ground space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a deciduous ornamental pear of moderate growth, with glossy dark leaves through summer and white blossom covering the branches in spring. Autumn brings claret and red tones that come on late in the season, and the leaves hang on well into the cool weather. Fruit is small and sparse enough not to be a problem over paving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun and moderate water. In shade the column loosens and the autumn colour is muted. It will take clay, wind and street conditions, and it responds far better to light formative pruning early than to heavy cutting later once the shape has been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 35L up to 200L, priced from $219.00 to $1209.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309364162929,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64309364195697,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309364228465,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64309364261233,"sku":null,"price":219.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309364294001,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309364326769,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64309364359537,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64446149984625,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/avIMZZNkwBCeTHz0FGG8Z_Br9WJiCl.jpg?v=1787628810"},{"product_id":"pyrus-nivalis-snow-pear-grafted","title":"Snow Pear - Pyrus nivalis Grafted","description":"\u003cp\u003eConfusion with the weeping silver pear is common, and the difference matters on a plan. Snow pear grows upright and broadly domed rather than pendulous, and its silver comes from a dense felt of white hairs on the new growth, brightest in spring and wearing back to grey green as the season goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom is white and arrives in a heavy flush with or just ahead of the leaves, which against felted silver foliage is the reason people plant it. Grafted stock keeps both the habit and the colour true. An open sunny position keeps the felt bright; crowded into a shrub bed or shaded from one side, the lower growth goes green and dull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo practical warnings. The small hard fruit is inedible and it does drop, so keep the tree off pale paving and away from pool surrounds. And while it is deciduous and bare through winter, it handles wind and dry heat noticeably better than most ornamental pears, which makes it useful on exposed street and avenue plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 300mm up to 100L, priced from $149.00 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"35L","offer_id":64309364425073,"sku":null,"price":219.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm Squat","offer_id":64309364457841,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309364490609,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309364523377,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309364556145,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309364588913,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/wg0gchGl2Bf4K4GuiiC2T_NyDU2AC9.jpg?v=1787628809"},{"product_id":"pyrus-salicifolia","title":"Weeping Silver Pear - Pyrus salicifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrus salicifolia earns its place on foliage: narrow willow like leaves, silvered on both surfaces when young and holding a soft grey through summer, carried on a twiggy frame that builds into an untidy dome rather than a neat lollipop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the straight species, not the weeping clone, so expect an upright to spreading habit that you can lift and train as a small standard or leave low as a large silver shrub. Small cream white flowers open with the new leaves in spring, followed by hard little pears of no use in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not negotiable. In part shade the silver washes out to green and the crown opens up and looks sparse. Water moderately, plant into ground that drains, and thin the interior every few winters, since congested twiggy growth traps humidity and brings on leaf spot. It is deciduous, so plan for a bare grey framework over winter. Landscapers use it as a soft grey break against dark leaved hedging or along a gravel driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $269.00 to $1209.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309364719985,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309364752753,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/2Y4kM4bt_Gv954fzzJOJr_NtK7S3hl.jpg?v=1787628749"},{"product_id":"pyrus-salicifolia-pendula-weeping-silver-pear","title":"Weeping Silver Pear - Pyrus salicifolia Pendula","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere the straight species builds an upright grey dome, Pendula does the opposite. Shoots arch out and hang, and the tree finishes as a wide silver mound with the branch tips sweeping toward the ground. It is worked onto a stem, so the height you buy is close to the height you keep, while the width fills in season by season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe willow shaped leaves carry a silvery down that is heaviest on new spring growth. Cream flowers sit among them briefly, then set small hard fruit that interests birds and nobody else. Deciduous, so for part of the year it reads as a grey wire sculpture, which is half the appeal beside water features, formal steps and courtyard corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrainage matters more than fertility here. The real maintenance job is inside the canopy, where crossing and downward growing shoots pile up, hold moisture and cause early leaf fall; thin them out in winter while the frame is visible, and lift the skirt if you need to walk underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"20L","offer_id":64309365047665,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309365080433,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/4pyZgsQnbqAfOJ8dCa1q4_rLOVs6nR.jpg?v=1787628749"},{"product_id":"pyrus-x-edgewood-edgedell-pear","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus x. Edgewood Edgedell Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eCouncils and developers reach for Edgewood when an ornamental pear has to hold a tight upright shape without constant pruning. It is one of the narrower crowned selections, which puts it in footpath planting, car park islands and double rows where a spreading crown would clash with awnings, signage or wires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is glossy and deciduous, dark green through summer, then colouring in reds and burgundies late in the season and hanging on well into the cold, so it gives usable autumn colour in warmer districts where other trees just go brown. White blossom covers the bare wood ahead of the leaves. It takes full sun, moderate water and rough urban soils, including compacted fill, better than most feature trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne thing to settle first: callery type pears have naturalised along creeklines in parts of New South Wales and Victoria, so confirm your council position before committing to a large planting. Flat $99 delivery applies to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 35L up to 150L, priced from $219.00 to $759.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The habit is narrow and upright, holding a tight oval that does not lean out into the road or over the neighbours, and a run of them along a footpath grows in with far less variation than seedling pears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also improves on the older Bradford selection, where narrow crotch angles led to limbs splitting out in storms once the tree had size on it. Branching here is better spaced and more securely attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year runs from white blossom smothering bare branches before the leaves appear, through a season of glossy dark green foliage that screens well, to autumn colour in reds and burgundy that hangs on late, often into winter in cooler districts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun and moderate water. Ornamental pears do self sow in some regions, so check the status where you are before planting them in quantity. Stock runs from small containers to very large specimens, delivered flat rate to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 16 sizes, from 250mm up to Bare root, priced from $50.95 to $2119.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The leaf is narrower and longer than a typical ornamental pear leaf, softly grey and downy as it opens in spring, settling to a quiet green through summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForm is upright and oval, tidy enough for a nature strip or a driveway avenue and dense enough to work as a deciduous screen through the warmer half of the year. White blossom comes early on bare wood. Fruit is small, brown and inconspicuous rather than a litter problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetulaefolia is the species nurseries have long used as a pear rootstock because it handles heavier, wetter and more alkaline ground than most pears will, and that toughness carries through into this selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it in full sun with moderate water. Deciduous, moderate growth, and available from advanced containers up to super advanced stock where a job needs height on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 400mm up to 200L, priced from $249.00 to $1049.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311330931057,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64311330963825,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311330996593,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311331029361,"sku":null,"price":889.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311331127665,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311331258737,"sku":null,"price":1049.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/2_JPw_dtAUowz-kiHGos3_e35WTrzF.jpg?v=1787629105"},{"product_id":"pyrus-nivalis-snow-pear","title":"Snow Pear - Pyrus nivalis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgainst a green hedge or a rendered wall, this one does something no other pear does. Pyrus nivalis carries a dense white felt on its new shoots and leaf undersides, so the whole canopy reads pale grey from a distance and lifts anything dark planted behind it. The silver is what you are buying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring brings white blossom on a broadly upright, deciduous frame, followed by small hard fruit of no eating value. Growth is moderate and the habit is oval when young, filling out with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not optional. In shade the felt thins, the colour falls back to plain green, and the reason you bought the tree disappears. Moderate water suits it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pest to know is pear and cherry slug, the small dark sawfly larvae that graze leaves down to a brown skeleton over summer. A hose or a dusting knocks them off. Bare root stock lifts in winter and is the practical way to plant a long row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 14 sizes, from 250mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $37.95 to $4509.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Small","offer_id":64311343022449,"sku":null,"price":37.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311343055217,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311343087985,"sku":null,"price":219.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70L","offer_id":64311343120753,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311343153521,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311343219057,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311343317361,"sku":null,"price":56.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311343350129,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311343382897,"sku":null,"price":1529.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64311343415665,"sku":null,"price":4509.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311343448433,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"600mm","offer_id":64311343481201,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311343677809,"sku":null,"price":92.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311343776113,"sku":null,"price":509.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64446156112241,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"26L","offer_id":64446156145009,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/ozVVC27GM6s3T5TejtSXF_9TWFw5lp.jpg?v=1787629186"},{"product_id":"pyrus-ussuriensis-manchurian-pear","title":"Manchurian Pear - Pyrus ussuriensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew street trees ask less. Manchurian pear takes frost, heat, wind, compacted soil and indifferent drainage, which is why it went into so many Australian subdivisions and car parks and why it is still specified for verges today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite blossom opens on bare wood in early spring, ahead of glossy dark leaves that turn deep red and purple in autumn and hang on later than most deciduous trees. The habit is pyramidal while young, broadening as it matures, and growth is moderate in full sun with moderate water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne structural warning. Young trees throw tight upright forks with included bark, and those unions split in storms twenty years later. Two or three seasons of formative pruning to establish a single leader and wider branch angles solves it permanently. Small fruit also drops and can raise seedlings in nearby beds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBare root stock is available through winter alongside potted sizes, which is worth knowing if you are planting a full avenue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 13 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare root, priced from $50.95 to $1479.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311347478897,"sku":null,"price":419.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64311347544433,"sku":null,"price":1319.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311347577201,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64311347609969,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare root","offer_id":64311347642737,"sku":null,"price":63.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311347773809,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311347806577,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311347872113,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311347904881,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311347970417,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90L","offer_id":64311348003185,"sku":null,"price":629.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311348134257,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311348199793,"sku":null,"price":1479.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20L","offer_id":64446156570993,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"30L","offer_id":64446156603761,"sku":null,"price":389.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Vn9TdYQZIDflU9wx5-Ijv_IQE6YQVb.jpg?v=1787629186"},{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-red-spire","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana Red Spire","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed Spire is the heavy flowering callery pear. It opens earlier and more thickly than the other selections here, a solid white cover on bare wood well before the leaves push, then follows it with glossy dark green summer foliage and the red to purple autumn tones that give the tree its name. The crown is broadly pyramidal, more upright and better behaved than the old Bradford but never a strict column. It is planted along footpaths, in avenues and in screening rows where a narrow column would look too rigid against a building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCool nights for colour, and planting a row\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, moderate water, moderate growth, and it tolerates clay, wind and street conditions. It grows through the southern states, from the Victorian goldfields and central New South Wales across to the Adelaide Hills and the cooler parts of Western Australia. Autumn colour is stronger and more reliable in cool districts, and in warm coastal gardens it arrives later and stays softer, so buy it for the shape and the blossom if you garden in the subtropics. Bare root stock lifts in winter and goes straight into the ground while dormant, which is a straightforward way to establish a row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is what happens to all that flower. Callery pear selections cross pollinate freely, so a Red Spire standing within bee range of a Capital, a Chanticleer or any other cultivar sets viable fruit, birds carry the seed away, and the seedlings have naturalised along creek lines, rail corridors and roadsides in parts of Victoria and New South Wales. The weight of early bloom on this one makes it the selection most likely to do it. Check the local weed listing before a rural or public planting, keep it away from gardens backing onto bushland or a watercourse, and pull volunteers while they are small, because a seedling callery pear reverts to thorny wild growth and is unpleasant to dig out once it has a taproot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRed Spire against the narrow and the broad\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy this one for the spring display. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eCapital\u003c\/a\u003e is a strict column for a tight gap and reads as a vertical line, while \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-winter-glow\"\u003eWinter Glow\u003c\/a\u003e is the one to take if autumn matters more, since it carries burgundy foliage well into the cold months. Red Spire flowers earlier and more thickly than either, and it keeps a pyramid you can walk under once the crown is lifted. Take it where the blossom is the point, where an avenue needs some presence, and where a columnar pear would look too stiff against a long low building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGetting the structure right early\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in late winter, while the tree is leafless and the unions are visible. In the first three or four seasons choose one leader, keep the scaffold limbs spread up the trunk rather than whorled at a single point, and remove anything sitting in a sharp V union. Established trees want only deadwood and crossing branches taken out. Feed once in spring, mulch to the drip line, and water deeply through the first two summers. Bare root trees go in over winter and want a firm stake and steady moisture through that first year. See the full set under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ornamental-and-fruiting-pears\"\u003eornamental and fruiting pears\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 400mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $50.95 to $2329.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311362453873,"sku":null,"price":2329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1200L","offer_id":64311362486641,"sku":null,"price":2199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311362519409,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311362552177,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd15-143-red-spire-ornamental-pear-pyrus-calleryana_cd0d6998-29c0-468c-8a4b-8e15c5f40871.png?v=1785551650"},{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-chanticleer","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer","description":"\u003cp\u003eChanticleer holds a tight teardrop, with branches carried close to a strong central leader, narrower than the round headed pears but fuller than a strict column, which is the silhouette most people actually want along a street. White blossom covers the bare branches in early spring before the leaves appear, summer foliage is glossy and dark, and autumn moves through orange and red to purple, often holding into early winter. It goes in on footpath verges, in driveway avenues and in close planted screening rows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eUrban tolerance, avenue spacing and the forks that split\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, moderate water, moderate growth. Chanticleer takes compacted urban soil, wind, heat and street conditions better than most deciduous trees, which is why it dominates new estate plantings through Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the south west of Western Australia. In an avenue it is commonly spaced around 4 to 5 m apart, which lets the teardrops touch without crowding, while a screening row goes tighter and a specimen in a lawn wants clear air on all sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is structural. Callery pears build tight, upright branch unions with bark squeezed inside the fork, and those unions split out under wind or a heavy wet canopy once the tree has size on it. The fix costs nothing if you do it early. Through the first few years, thin out limbs that crowd the leader at a narrow angle and keep the branches you leave spaced along the trunk rather than bunched at one point. Ignore it and you have bought a tree that tears in half in a storm at twenty years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChanticleer against Capital and Winter Glow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eCapital\u003c\/a\u003e, this is the broader, softer outline. Take Capital where the gap is genuinely tight and you want a green wall, and Chanticleer where you want a street tree with a recognisable crown and some shade under it. Against \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-winter-glow\"\u003eWinter Glow\u003c\/a\u003e, the difference is autumn: Winter Glow holds deep burgundy foliage much later into the cold months on a broader pyramid, while Chanticleer colours earlier and keeps the tidier upright shape. Chanticleer is the middle option, and it is the one to pick when you are matching an existing street planting. It is also the safer choice on an exposed corner site, since a crown with some spread to it sheds wind load better than a tight column does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe first four winters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in late winter while the framework is bare and the branch angles are easy to read. Concentrate the work in the first three or four seasons: one leader, well spaced scaffold limbs, no tight forks left in the structure. After that the tree needs little beyond removing damaged or crossing wood. An annual spring feed with a balanced fertiliser is all it asks for, and deep watering through the first two summers gets roots down before the tree has to carry a full canopy. Compare the range under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ornamental-and-fruiting-pears\"\u003eornamental and fruiting pears\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 11 sizes, from 330mm up to 750L, priced from $149.00 to $5609.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311377822065,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311377854833,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311377887601,"sku":null,"price":759.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311377920369,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64311377985905,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"750L","offer_id":64311378018673,"sku":null,"price":5609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64311378051441,"sku":null,"price":3859.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311378116977,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500L","offer_id":64311378182513,"sku":null,"price":3169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311378215281,"sku":null,"price":1739.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311378248049,"sku":null,"price":429.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-chanticleer-pear-pyrus-calleryana-chanticleer-20260611_adb5162e-8757-4cf5-9a11-85e926836ade.png?v=1785551686"},{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-winter-glow","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana Winter Glow","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinter Glow is the broad one. It carries a full, broadly pyramidal crown rather than a narrow column, dense enough in summer to screen a first floor window, and its distinguishing trait is the autumn foliage: deep burgundy and purple red, held on the tree well into the cold months when other deciduous trees have long dropped. White blossom covers the bare framework in spring. It goes in on wide verges, in avenues, and as a shade and screening tree in open gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRoom to spread, and where the colour comes from\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, moderate water, moderate growth. It copes with clay, wind, heat and street conditions, which is why councils and developers use so much of it, and it grows through Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT, South Australia and the cooler parts of Western Australia. Bare root stock plants over winter while dormant. The thing to plan for is width, because this is not a boundary strip tree, and squeezing it against a fence or a house wall means cutting into the crown every few years to keep a path clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is expecting that late burgundy display in a warm climate. The long held colour depends on cool autumn nights, and in Brisbane or coastal northern New South Wales the tree still performs but the tones are muted, later and briefer, and it may barely go properly dormant. If the late colour is the reason you are buying it, plant it in a cool or cold district. If you garden warm, buy it for the blossom, the density and the shade instead, and set your expectations for autumn accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWinter Glow or a columnar pear\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompared with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eCapital\u003c\/a\u003e, this is a different tool. Capital is a narrow column for a tight side boundary or a green screen, while Winter Glow needs room to spread and rewards it with a crown you can sit under. Compared with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-red-spire\"\u003eRed Spire\u003c\/a\u003e, the shape is similar but fuller, and the autumn foliage hangs on considerably longer. Choose Winter Glow for an avenue, a nature strip with depth to it, or a front lawn where the late season colour is the point. Choose a narrower pear anywhere the crown will meet a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEarly pruning and steady feeding\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in the dormant window, late winter into very early spring. Do the structural work in the first few seasons, since pears form tight upright unions that split under load years later, so space the scaffold limbs along the trunk and remove the ones pinched against the leader while the cuts are still small. Lift the lower branches gradually to the clearance you need over a path or driveway. Feed at bud break with a balanced fertiliser, mulch out to the drip line and keep it clear of the trunk, and keep the water up through the first two summers. The rest of the pears sit under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ornamental-and-fruiting-pears\"\u003eornamental and fruiting pears\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 9 sizes, from 330mm up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $50.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/choosing-an-ornamental-pear\"\u003echoosing an ornamental pear\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311419437425,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Advanced","offer_id":64311419470193,"sku":null,"price":56.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"430mm","offer_id":64311419568497,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311419601265,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311419634033,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311419666801,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311419732337,"sku":null,"price":309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311419863409,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64311419896177,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64446163353969,"sku":null,"price":3309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd15-212-winter-glow-ornamental-pear-pyrus-callerya_41e4e18f-1a36-47e6-b1e3-3043d53d6c67.png?v=1785551771"},{"product_id":"pyrus-calleryana-capital","title":"Ornamental Pear - Pyrus calleryana Capital","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapital is the narrowest ornamental pear in this range, a tight upright column on a single leader, tighter than Chanticleer and nothing like the round headed pears. White blossom covers the bare stems in early spring, summer foliage is glossy and dark, and autumn runs red to purple and holds late on the tree. That column is the whole reason it gets specified: on narrow verges, in the gap between a house and a boundary fence, and in repeated rows used as a living screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eScreening rows, spacing and the sawfly\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, moderate water, moderate growth, and it handles urban conditions well, including clay, wind, heat and reflected glare off paving. It grows across the southern and eastern mainland and colours most strongly where autumn nights get cold. For a solid screen, Capital is commonly planted about 2 to 3 m apart so the columns knit into one green wall, and for a row where each tree still reads as a separate shape you give them more. The crown does thicken with age, so a row spaced too tightly will merge whether you meant it to or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is pear and cherry slug. The small dark sawfly larva, slug like and shiny, grazes the upper leaf surface and leaves the canopy skeletonised and brown by midsummer. It is a nuisance rather than a killer, but a screen full of brown leaves defeats the point of planting a screen. Hose the larvae off with a strong jet, dust the foliage, or spray at the first sign, and expect a second generation later in the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCapital or Chanticleer or Korean Sun\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasure the width you have before choosing. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-chanticleer\"\u003eChanticleer\u003c\/a\u003e is a teardrop, narrower than the round headed pears but noticeably broader than this, and it is the better pick for an avenue where the crowns are meant to meet overhead. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-fauriei-westwood-korean-sun\"\u003eWestwood Korean Sun\u003c\/a\u003e goes the other way entirely, a small low spreading head for courtyards and for planting under power lines. Capital is the one for the tightest gaps and for screening a neighbouring wall or window, where every extra metre of crown width is a problem rather than a benefit. If the row has to hide a first floor window, this is the practical answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKeeping the column\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in late winter, before the buds move. The work is mostly removing anything that breaks the column: shoots heading outwards, competing leaders at the top, and limbs attached at a very tight angle where bark is squeezed into the union, because those are the forks that split out in a storm years later. Do that thinning while the cuts are small. Feed in early spring with a complete slow release fertiliser, mulch a wide ring but keep it off the trunk itself, and water through the first two summers. More shapes under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ornamental-and-fruiting-pears\"\u003eornamental and fruiting pears\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 17 sizes, from 200mm up to 750L, priced from $83.95 to $5169.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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It was the first Callery pear selected for street work and it still gets planted for the same reasons: a dense oval crown, glossy leaves that hang on late into autumn before turning burgundy, and heavy white blossom over bare wood in early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catch is structural. Bradford holds its branches at tight angles with bark included in the union, and mature specimens are known for tearing out limbs in storms. Formative pruning in the first few years, removing competing leaders and opening up crowded unions, is the difference between a tree that lasts and one that falls apart in middle age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants full sun and moderate water, tolerates urban soil and reflected heat, and holds a uniform shape down an avenue, which is why councils kept coming back to it. Established trees cast dense shade, so underplanting needs to be shade tolerant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBare root stock lifts and establishes well through the cold months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePotted and advanced sizes up to 400L where street scale is needed straight away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 180mm Square up to Bare Root Advanced, priced from $39.95 to $3199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Its autumn colour is the distinguishing feature, turning through orange to deep red purple after a summer of glossy dark foliage, and spring brings a heavy flush of white blossom on bare wood. The small scale is what makes it usable in courtyards, on narrow verges and under power lines where a full sized pear would take over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSmall scale planting and the light it needs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and moderate water. It suits temperate and cool districts, from Melbourne and the Southern Highlands across to Adelaide and the south west of Western Australia, and like the other pears the autumn tones sharpen where nights get cold, so a warm coastal garden gets colour that is softer and later. Give it drainage, ordinary soil and a mulched root run rather than lawn hard against the trunk. Fruit is small and of no interest to people, though birds will take it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode is shade, and it costs you the two things you bought the tree for. In half shade the blossom thins and the autumn colour never really arrives, leaving a green tree that goes dull yellow and drops. The second thing to plan for is the low branching habit, since this pear branches close to the ground and spreads, so where it sits over a path or a parking space you lift the crown gradually from a young age rather than cutting big limbs off later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe small pear against the street tree pears\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-capital\"\u003eCapital\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pyrus-calleryana-chanticleer\"\u003eChanticleer\u003c\/a\u003e would outgrow the space, this is the pear to specify instead. Both of those are upright street trees built to carry a crown well above head height, while Korean Sun stays low and wide and works at garden scale. The trade is screening, because a row of this will not hide a two storey wall, so if the job is blocking a neighbour's window take Capital. It is also the one to use where a tree has to sit close to a house without shading the rooms behind it. If the job is a small feature tree with blossom and autumn colour in a courtyard or under wires, take this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLight pruning and a spring feed\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune straight after flowering, which keeps the spring display intact and still leaves the whole season for the cuts to close. Keep it light: remove crossing and rubbing branches, thin any congestion in the middle of that rounded head so light and air get in, and raise the lower limbs in small steps if you need clearance. 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