Variety from Greece
Plant resistant to cold and frost
Variety from Greece
Plant resistant to cold and frost
Variety from Greece
Plant resistant to cold and frost
Wild Pear, Almond-leaved Pear Seeds (Pyrus amygdaliformis)
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Wild Pear, Almond-leaved Pear Seeds (Pyrus amygdaliformis)
Price for Package of 5 seeds.
Wild Pear, Almond-leaved Pear (Pyrus amygdaliformis) Is a deciduous shrub or lower tree of the rose family (Rosaceae). It grows up to 6 m in height, the canopy is irregular, round, dense. The root system is strong, deep, and well-branched.Wild Pear, Almond-leaved Pear Seeds (Pyrus amygdaliformis)
Price for Package of 5 seeds.
Wild Pear, Almond-leaved Pear (Pyrus amygdaliformis) Is a deciduous shrub or lower tree of the rose family (Rosaceae). It grows up to 6 m in height, the canopy is irregular, round, dense. The root system is strong, deep, and well-branched. The branches are covered with thorns, the bark is reddish, longitudinally, and transversely cracked, about 1 cm thick. Young shoots are brown, initially densely hairy, later bare.The buds are small, only about 2 mm long, covered with dark gray to dark brown scales that are finely hairy and pointed. The leaves are alternate, elongated elliptical, 3-8 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, acuminate, entire-edged or finely serrated, dark green on the face, the back is grayish, finely hairy, located on thin petioles about 1-3 cm long.
The flowers are bisexual, unisexual, about 2 cm in size, clustered 5-12 in clustered inflorescences, the corolla is built of 5 white petals. It blooms in April and May.
The fruits are round, hard, initially green, later yellow-brown, 2-3 cm in size, located on short stalks. They ripen in October, their seeds are black, flat, about 5-6 mm long.
It is widespread in southern and southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. We have it along the Adriatic, in Istria, the coast, and Dalmatia. It grows in warm, sunny, and semi-shady places, in thickets, in deciduous forest clearings, in meadows, in the maquis.
Drought-resistant, weaker to low temperatures, binds the soil well and protects it from erosion. It is slow-growing, it has good shoots from stumps. It is sometimes used as a substrate for grafting fruit trees.
The fruits are edible, they have a sweet-sour taste. They can be dried and used as a tea or processed as desired.
V 114 (5 S)
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Data sheet
- Handpicked seeds ?
- Handpicked seeds
- Organic Seeds ?
- Organic Seeds
- Organic/natural ?
- Organic/Natural: Yes
- Edible ?
- Edible
- Pretreatment of sowing ?
- Soak in water before sowing 12-24 h
Stratification needed: Yes - Sowing depth ?
- Sowing depth 5 mm
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial plant : Yes
- Resistant to cold and frost ?
- Cold resistant: to −40 °C
- Plant is suitable for growing ?
- The plant is suitable for growing on a balcony-terrace
The plant is suitable for outdoors cultivation - Suitable for growing in flower pot ?
- Suitable for pot: Yes
- Plant height ?
- Plant height (about) 1.5 - 4 m
- Origin of seeds ?
- Origin of Seeds: Greece
- Origin Country of Variety ?
- Variety from: Greece
- Medicinal Plant ?
- Medicinal Plant: Yes
- Sun Exposure ?
- Full sun from an early age
- Tree Appearance ?
- Shrub
Small Tree - Growth Rate ?
- Slow Growth Rate
- Type:
- Fruit Seeds
Trees Seeds - Planting Time?
- Planting Time: Spring, Sumer, Autumn, Winter, Whole year-round
- Indoor/Outdoor?
- Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor & Outdoor
- Soil Type?
- Soil Type: Any
- Watering?
- Watering: Low
- Cultivating Difficulty?
- Cultivating Difficulty: Very easy
- Climate?
- It thrives in all climatic conditions