fruit tree
Orient pear
A tough pear for humid southern sites where European pears struggle.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 5b-9a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Fruit
Harvest & Use
large pears in late summer
Useful search phrase: Orient 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.