Keeping pears over winter and more
Starting in September, October and sometimes even November if the climate is mild enough, pears are harvested. Learn to store and keep them well.
Pear tree
Growing pear is a fulfilling experience. Through it, you’ll discover how to prune, harvest and keep your pears. Species and care.
Pear tree, care from planting and pruning to harvesting pears
Pear tree is the most common fruit tree in many orchards.
Which fruit trees will do best in my garden?
Growing space, climate, altitude, soil quality are additional factors to consider when choosing the fruit tree that will enhance your garden.
Pear health benefits and therapeutic value
The pear tree or (Pyrus communis) is one of the most popular fruit trees, know to mankind since prehistorical times.
How to improve cross-pollination
It’s easy to enhance and improve cross-pollination for your target species. These different tips will help you cross-pollinate plants.
Pruning apple and pear trees
Winter and the very beginning of spring are the most auspicious season for pruning a pear tree and an apple tree.
Pruning an apple tree or pear tree into an espalier shape
Pruning apple and pear trees to espalier or palmette is an interesting way to raise fruit productivity for apples and pears, and also to cover a wall.
Willow-leaf pear, a beautiful ornamental fruit tree with wispy leaves
This smallish pear tree has a bearing and leaves that closely resemble those of the weeping willow. Willow-leaf pear key facts Name – Pyrus salicifolia Family – Rosaceae Type – tree Height – 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – ordinary Foliage – deciduous Flowering – March-April Wispy leaves and sometimes weeping branches make willow-leaf pear a great ornamental […]
Fruit-inducing pruning, how to produce more fruit
Fruit inducing pruning is an important step in the growth of your fruit tree and gives you control over its productivity.
Ornamental pear tree – how to care for it
An ornamental pear tree is a tree that bears cute flowers at the beginning of spring.
Espalier training for apple and pear (2-minute video)
Apple and pear trees are regularly pruned to promote fruit-bearing. Did you know that shapes like palmette or espalier are more adapted to trees planted along a line or set against a wall? Here is a video on how to easily prune orchard fruit trees into palmette or espalier. Read more ►
Bradford pear, the calleryana pear tree that went from true love to hate
A short-lived species in the Pear family, Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana) bears particularly abundant blooms in early Spring. Bradford pear key facts Name – Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’ Family – Rosaceae Type – tree Height – 30 to 50 feet (9 to 15 m) Exposure – full and part sun Soil – no special requirements Foliage – deciduous Flowering – March to […]
Winter pruning of pip fruit trees
Although pruning is definitely a human invention, and trees can go without it to develop naturally, it presents the advantage of renewing the plant’s vigor and increasing its fruit productivity.
Beurré Hardy pear tree, early and abundant
The ‘Beurre Hardy’ pear tree is one of the earliest fruits for harvest in orchards at the end of summer.
Pruning an apple tree or pear tree
These kings of the orchard deserve a knowing hand when it comes to pruning apple and pear trees to increase harvest, keep diseases away and produce high-quality fruits. This peppy and instructive short video will make you an expert! Read more ►
Scab, avoiding the disease
Often called apple scab, this fungus is responsible for important damage to this fruit tree, but also to plum trees and pear trees.
Bradford pear, from beloved to banished – keep a lookout for it!
Bradford pear, or Pyrus calleryana, used to be all the hype in ornamental gardens throughout the United States and Europe. Today, common sense labels it for what it is: an invasive tree that’s
Pruning plants like shrubs, fruit trees, rose trees…
Although plants survive in nature without being pruned, this practice is often needed to increase flowering or fruit formation.
