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Pyrus calleryana - Callery Pear
Family Rosaceae
Botanical Name Pyrus calleryana
Common Name Callery Pear
Size 30 - 50'
Hardiness Zone 5 - 8(9)
Culture Adaptable to soil types, pollution, and dryness; full sun.
Ornamental Value White flowers in early March; reddish purple to yellow and orange fall color.
Landscape Use Over used; fast growing, specimen.
Key Identifying Characteristics Alternate, simple, broad ovate leaves 1 1/2 - 3" long; wooly buds.
Notable Cultivars 'Aristocrat', 'Bradford', 'Cleveland Select'
Campus Location Ag: Side of Brehm, VetMed
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