Summer pruning is not essential for free-standing pear trees, however Tim Marshall, head gardener at Raby Castle, recommends that it can be done to ‘keep a formal shape to the tree’.

How to grow a pear tree - our expert guide Pear trees are simple-to-grow fruit trees that can thrive in US hardiness zone 3 to US hardiness zone 10. There are thousands of pear varieties globally ...

Q: This summer the right side of my tree looked shorter and less filled out than the left side. Some of the leaves on the right side turned yellow early or else that side is dying. Is this a ...

When replacing Callery pear trees or planting new trees in the landscape, consider planting a variety of native trees with a sequence of blooms that extends throughout spring and summer.

As The New York Times observed in 1964: “Few trees possess every desired attribute, but the Bradford ornamental pear comes unusually to close to the ideal.” Modern varieties of Callery pear produce an ...

And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree with long branches, covered with small white blooms – the Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana).

The majority of branches down after a spring or summer storm will be from Callery pear trees. This often costs owners far more than the original trees cost in tree removal services.