Pear Tree — photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pear Tree — photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fruit Starters

Pear Tree

Zones 5a–9bLive Plant
$9.00
$13.00
$9.00
(-31%)

Pears are the low-maintenance fruit tree for Alabama yards - long-lived, heavy-bearing, and productive with far less spraying than peaches or apples.
Pear Tree

Pot Size: 6" Starter Pot
Quantity
Pear Tree — photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fruit Starters

Pear Tree

$13.00 $9.00
Pear Tree — photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fruit Starters

Pear Tree

$13.00 $9.00
Pot Size: 6" Starter Pot
Description

Fire blight is the one thing that kills pears in the Southeast, so stick with resistant Southern types: 'Kieffer', 'Orient', 'Moonglow', and 'Warren' all hold up well here, while thin-skinned European dessert pears like 'Bartlett' usually fail. Plant two different varieties within about 50 feet for good pollination and a heavier crop. Avoid heavy nitrogen, which pushes the soft, succulent growth fire blight moves through fastest. Shipped in a 6" Starter Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 15-25 ft tall and 12-20 ft wide
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 4-9
  • Pet safety: Mildly toxic to pets if ingested
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun
  • Water: Weekly while establishing; drought-tolerant later
  • Soil: Tolerates clay better than most fruit trees as long as water does not stand around the roots.
  • Feeding: Feed sparingly - a light spring application only, and none at all if the tree is growing well.
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 5a–9b. Outside that range it can still be grown in a container and overwintered indoors.

Full colour is zones 5a–9b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
15-25 ft tall and 12-20 ft wide

How much light does it need?
Full sun

Is it safe for pets?
Mildly toxic to pets if ingested

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

12-20 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Deciduous

Drops its leaves in fall and leafs back out in spring. Bare in winter is dormant, not dead.

Works As

Edible Garden

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.

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