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Description:

Tiny white flowers that grow in groups. No leaves as of yet.

Habitat:

Transplanted wild tree from next to my house to the middle of my yard. Probably full sunlight, lots of water.

Notes:

Granny told me it was an apple tree so I saved it and moved it into the middle of our yard. Not so sure now. Now the tree looks like this.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bdmerz
bdmerz 13 years ago
Callery Pear
Pyrus calleryana


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7 Comments

MaggieMahan
MaggieMahan 12 years ago

Bradford Pears rarely ever produce fruits.

csearcy.dance
csearcy.dance 13 years ago

The neighbor has a pear tree, but I'm not sure it's the same kind. I also have never seen it bear fruit and it doesn't seem to attract bees/butterflies. The only bees at our house seem to be wood bees living in the roof of the porch. Is there any way to artificially pollinate it in order to find out what kind of tree it is?

Crystal the Pistol
Crystal the Pistol 13 years ago

Sorry - Let me rephrase my confusing above statement... The blooms will need to be pollinated by bees/butterflies, others pear tress in the area, and some species can self pollinate. Depending on how many flowers are pollinated determines how much fruit your tree will produce...

Crystal the Pistol
Crystal the Pistol 13 years ago

If it has blooms it will produce fruit. Depending on how many flowers stay determines how much fruit you will get from the tree.

trang.nguyen90
trang.nguyen90 13 years ago

are there any other pear tree around it ? the chance of it bear fruit might be higher if there are any other pear tree around.

csearcy.dance
csearcy.dance 13 years ago

So how long does a pear tree have to go before it produces pears? It's been planted for a little over 5 years, I think.

Marianne Wells
Marianne Wells 13 years ago

Looks like Bradford Pear

csearcy.dance
Spotted by
csearcy.dance

Leitchfield, Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Mar 22, 2011
Submitted on Mar 21, 2011

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