fruit tree
Seckel pear
A beloved fresh-eating pear for cooler and moderate climates.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 5a-8b
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Fruit
Harvest & Use
small sweet pears in late summer
Useful search phrase: Seckel 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.