10 Showy Mespilus - Medlar (Mespilus Germanica) Seeds

Showy Medlar, Mespilus germanica, Tree Seeds (Edible, Fall Color, Hardy) Mespilus germanica, commonly known as Medlar, is a small, rounded, long-lived deciduous fruiting tree or large shrub that typically grows to 25 feet tall. It is native primarily to woodland and scrub areas from Southeastern Europe to Central Asia. The Medlar is closely related to the pear. The leaves are dark green, toothed, oblong to lanceolate, 2 to 6 inches long, and 1 to 1.5 inches wide. The leaves turn a spectacular yellow to red in the fall. The showy five-petaled flowers, borne in late spring, are large (to 2 inches) and resemble single white roses fringed with pink. The unusual fruit is an apple-shaped Pome with a flat-topped wide open calyx (or ‘eye’) that reveals the five seeded vessels. The fruits are about 1 inch in diameter and olive green ripens to dark orange and red/brown in late autumn. Medlars are self-fertile so they don’t need another tree for pollination and they can produce fruit by the secon