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FruitsHardyPerennial (long-lived)
Pear
Pear is a fruit tree grown for juicy dessert fruit or firmer culinary varieties that hold up in cooking. It brings a refined orchard character to gardens and is especially well suited to training as espaliers, cordons and fans where space is limited.
Basic information
Category
Fruits
Lifecycle
Perennial (long-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
2 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Plant spacing
300 cm
Row spacing
400 cm
Height
350 cm
Spread
300 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
Timings based on average frost dates in the UK. Sign up to set your frost dates.
Care tips
Prune and train pears according to the form you want, keeping the framework open and fruiting wood renewed over time. Thin heavy crops if needed to improve fruit size and reduce branch strain, and water young trees thoroughly during dry periods.
Common pests
Pear midge, codling moth, scab, canker.
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.