Would you ever grow a callery pear?
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Comments (14)Clark - that's 30 or more named varieties - not all as free-standing trees of their own - some just a branch here and there in larger trees; a couple of multi-variety trees with 6 or more on trial...If I don't like them, or they don't work here, no sense in dedicating space to whole tree of it. With 4 kids, we planted a big orchard - and I'm an obsessive plant collector; unfortunately, now that things are big, and producing heavily...all the kids are gone. Critters get most of the fruit, or it just rots on the ground. I don't have time or space to harvest/store it - and as round as I am, I don't need to be consuming all that sugar! I give away all I can, but far too many folks nowadays don't want to touch something that's not grocery-store perfect....See MoreCan you graft a callery pear on dwarf rootstock to keep small?
Comments (2)Treelover03. It should work assuming you are familiar with grafting. It is not practical to attempt to add half a tree with a graft. Most people add a few buds and them let it grow into a small tree. I'm currently grafting dwarf a inter-stems to callery roots and them add a fruiting variety on top. This allows for a stronger root system combined with the inter-stem to keep the tree smaller. Good luck, Bill...See MoreWhat have States done about the invasiveness of the Callery Pear?
Comments (15)sam_md No i did not get a chance to do that. But, i might actually look up information about the new atlas. This dwarf version i want is so small and cute, i cannot resist. It is just terribly hard to find and many nurseries i contact have never even heard of it. I found one company (baylaurelnursery.com) that might be able to get it as one of there local suppliers grows it but i would have to buy 5 trees. The wholesale company will not sale bay laurel nursery just one. My nurseries her in arkansas cannot get it or they also say it will be hard for them to get just one tree. But a mail order nursery out of PA said that they will have it in stock next spring so i am keeping my fingers crossed. I also wonder if it is grafted or if a cutting or seeds will also produce a dwarf version? If my yard was not so small i would have no problem planting the original bradford but i fear in time that if i do plant it, it might break and cause damage to my home. I just cannot get enough of the lolli-pop, oval-round shape of the tree. It is so uniform and pretty. But i dont think it is listed as invasive in Arkansas, although it is planted EVERYWHERE and 90% of them are broken and in terible ugly shape. My church has the nicest older one that i have seen. It has not fell apart yet. Im hoping that with the dwarf version there will be less chance of breakage since it will stay only 15-20ft....See More2 questions - Broom Sedge and Callery Pear
Comments (8)A twig of a tree will be that size after just 4 yrs. They sound like small trees to me. My parents (*sigh*) have one that is probably 25 ft tall. Produces lots of little pears too. It doesn't cast much, if any of what I'd call shade. Last year I dug out a 15 ft tall Norway Maple here in my yard. It wasn't hard and in it's place is now a Catalpa. It's almost the same size and I only paid $20 for it. A Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) planted as a small tree, can grow 2 to 4 ft a year. It sounds like your husband is trying to convince himself to keep the pears...the neighbors have them, nurseries sell them (which always reminds me of my parents and their question if somebody else had something and I wanted it, if they jumped off a bridge, would I?) shade, trees take too long to grow etc etc. You can also argue that some day those trees are going to be a lot bigger than they are right now and will be harder to take down. Unless they do what they're known to do and just fall apart at 20 yrs of age. At 8 or 10 ft. your husband and a chainsaw can take care of them easily. And of course this is all just my opinion...;)...See MoreIris GW
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