Pyrus calleryana

A deciduous tree from the rose family that is endowed with significant white flowers that cover all its branches in late winter before its leaves bloom. The tree is adorned with green and is suitable for providing shade. The tree’s fruits are small and are mostly not a nuisance. In the first years, the tree’s growth is pyramidal, and afterwards it becomes round. Pyrus calleryana is characterized by impressive fall colors that are almost not seen in Israel: purple, red, orange and yellow. Some P. calleryana trees are covered in thorns whose size and quantity vary from tree to tree. The variety between trees is reflected in the fall display’s colors and the size and quantity of the fruit on the tree. It is important to design and balance the tree with proper grooming in the early years. It is necessary to pay attention in the future to the danger of propagating and the density of branches that come out of one place on the trunk, as well as the tendency of side branches to become more dominant than the trunk.

P. calleryana will excel in colder areas and grow powerful and impressive flowers.

In Israel, there is another grafted cultivar of the tree, the ‘Aristocrat,’ which has an erect and thin canopy shape. This cultivar has significantly fewer fruits, and it is characterized by a fall display in the colors of the sun.

Additional Rose Trees:
Pyrus calleryana | Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’ | Prunus amygdalus ‘Um El Fahem’ | Prunus amygdalus ‘Ayalon’ | cherry plum – Prunus serasifera | Taiwan cherry – Prunus campanulata