{"id":1992,"date":"2011-11-23T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2011-11-21T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:12:41","slug":"autumn-colors-conclude-with-callery-pears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/11\/23\/autumn-colors-conclude-with-callery-pears\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Colors Conclude with Callery Pears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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'Bradford' Callery Pear in Fall Color<\/p><\/div>\n

Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana<\/em>)\u00a0has\u00a0been declining in planting popularity. But its scarlet red\u00a0leaf color is both sensational and reliable every autumn in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7).\u00a0 Most people\u00a0identify\u00a0the tree\u00a0by its cultivar name, e.g. ‘Bradford’,\u00a0Aristocrat\u00ae, ‘Cleveland Select’, ‘Redspire’ pear. There are\u00a0many other cultivars.<\/p>\n

Callery pears are tough reliable medium sized trees\u00a0which mature to heights\u00a0from 30-50 feet. Mature tree widths vary from one cultivar to the other. Callery pears transplant and grow well\u00a0in\u00a0any soil type as long as it is well drained. Callery pears\u00a0are\u00a0excellent choices\u00a0for planting in new treeless neighborhoods, the ground mostly\u00a0consisting of\u00a0marginal subsoil. Just add the proper amount of fertilizer, such as 10-10-10 or equivalent, and irrigate during the\u00a0first two summers.<\/p>\n

Cultivars vary in their susceptibility to fireblight, a serious bacterial\u00a0disease. Bradford and Cleveland Select are very resistant and Redspire and Aristocrat are very susceptible. When fire blight strikes, numerous\u00a0dieback shoots must be pruned off, gathered,\u00a0and hauled away from the property. Do not attempt to compost the diseased shoots.<\/p>\n

The “cookie-cutter”\u00a0upright branching form is their Achilees’ heel. \u00a0It is subject to limb breakage, beginning\u00a0in 12-14 years after planting. Bradford\u00a0is most susceptible and Aristocrat and\u00a0Cleveland Select less so.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Autumn foliage colors may be waning, but Callery pears will\u00a0be\u00a0blooming again in early spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)\u00a0has\u00a0been declining in planting popularity. But its scarlet red\u00a0leaf color is both sensational and reliable every autumn in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7).\u00a0 Most people\u00a0identify\u00a0the tree\u00a0by its cultivar name, e.g. ‘Bradford’,\u00a0Aristocrat\u00ae, ‘Cleveland Select’, ‘Redspire’ pear. There are\u00a0many other cultivars. Callery pears are tough reliable medium sized trees\u00a0which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,747,634,806,665,10,774,601,777,630,705,646,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}