25 EUROPEAN PEAR TREE Pyrus Communis Fruit Seeds - White Flowers / Green Fruit

DESCRIPTION: NAME: European Pear OTHER COMMON NAMES: Common Pear / Swiss Pear / Domestic Pear SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pyrus Communis COLOR: White Flowers / Green Fruit PLANT SEEDS: Fall Sow / Cold Stratify BLOOM TIME: Late Winter - Spring (March - April in the N Hemisphere) HARVEST: Mid Summer - Fall HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 8 PLANT HEIGHT: 30 - 40' PLANT SPACING: 15 - 20' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 25 Seeds OTHER: As the name suggests, this pear tree is native to southern Europe, but since has also been naturalized in the US. The original, pyrus communis is a parent of most of the named cultivars of pears we all know today. In spring, they will grace you will large clusters of 1” showy, fragrant flowers, typically before the leaves appear. The leaves are a glossy dark green in the summer, & turn out in great fall colors ranging from yellow to red with many shades in between. Pear trees are tolerant of clay & are much more drought tolerant than