fruit tree
Kieffer pear
Tolerates heat, clay, and neglect better than most pears.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4b-9a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- clay, loam, sandy
- Water
- low
- Goals
- Fruit
Harvest & Use
ripens in fall
Useful search phrase: Kieffer pear tree.
Plant Relationships
Understory Medium
Low alliums and long-blooming flowers can form a simple orchard-edge understory without competing heavily with young trees.