Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Pyrus calleryana Red Spire
Common Name: Red Spire Callery Pear
| Description | A pyramidal form of the Bradford Pear. |
| Pronunciation | (PIE-rus)(kal-er-EE-aa-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | small 3/4 inch white, 5 petaled flowers borne in dense corymbs in the early spring before the leaves |
| Leaves | thick, shiny, green, yellow in fall |
| Stems | thornless |
| Dimensions | 35 by 25 feet (HS) |
| Maintenance | ca be acceptable to fire blight |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a seedling of Bradford Pear, at the Princeton Nursery, New Jersey USA (1975) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Jacobson) |
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