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'Doyenné Du Comice' Pear Tree

Award-winning French sensation

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Juicy, melt-in-your-mouth pears
  • Receiver of the RHS AGM
  • Poach in cloves and wine, or bake with honey
  • Harvest from September to October

Description

  • One of the finest-flavoured pears around! Sweet, rich and intensely aromatic with soft, melting flesh, 'Doyenné Du Comice' is a pear we think everyone should be familiar with
  • A late-flowering variety that’s suitable for growing in frosty places, this heritage variety was once referred to by the London Horticultural Journal as the best pear in the world!
  • A thoroughly-deserving recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit, this variety is recognised as being of an exceptional quality
  • Grown on a Quince A rootstock, this tree grows to a maximum height and spread of just four by four metres, making it more than suitable for most average gardens
  • The tree’s stunning snow-white, springtime blossoms will attract plenty of buzzing visitors – in fact, the humble pear tree is certified by the RHS as being one of its Plants for Pollinators. The bee’s knees? We’d say so!
  • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post
  • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch
  • Our mature trees are grown in Air-Pots®, the only type of pot to completely eliminate root circling. A unique design stimulates air pruning for a mass of healthy fibrous roots, which results in a healthy tree that will establish quickly in your garden. With each Air-Pot® made to last up to 20 years, we reuse them on the nursery and wrap your mature tree in hessian for delivery - but if you’d rather keep your tree potted, simply add an Air-Pot® to your basket along with your tree.

What to expect

Supplied as

Air-Pot® Grown Rootballed Tree
This tree is grown in an Air-Pot®, which promotes healthy root growth by air-pruning roots and preventing root spiraling. Before delivery, we will unclip the Air-Pot® and wrap the tree's rootball in hessian so that your tree can be transported safely and we can reuse the pot. You can also purchase the Air-Pot® seperately if you prefer and we will send the tree in the pot in which it was grown.

Height on arrival

150-200cm inc. rootball (Air-Pot® sold separately)

Eventual height

Eventual spread

4m-8m

Tasting notes

Very fine - sweet, rich with an intense aromatic flavour.

Time to first crop

Hardiness

Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost

Pollination group

4
Pollination groups relate to the time of the year when a tree flowers. Trees that flower at the same time can pollinate each other, which helps produce fruit if not self fertile, and can still improve yields even if they are. Trees can usually pollinate a group either side of their own; i.e "2" can Pollinate 1, 2, and 3

Uses

Eating, Cooking

Rootstock

How to grow
Good Pest and Disease Resistance

Good Pest and Disease Resistance

Has good resistance to most problems but you should take time to prune to increase air flow. This will prevent the build up of bacterial disease. Keep an eye out for fire blight or Pear scab - these are more rare but require further action.MORE

Full sun

Full sun

Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring/summer.

Happy in most soils

Happy in most soils

Prefers fertile well draining soil, can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter

Some structural pruning required

Some structural pruning required

Some pruning should be done each winter to ensure that your Peach Tree maintains a productive shape. This can improve yields and prevent disease. Read more detail in our knowledge articles below.

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South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

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Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

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of experts.

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How we grow your trees

Meet John, our expert tree grower in the South Downs, and see how he raises, prunes and packs all our trees.

Grower's tips

How to plant a mature tree

Is a big tree harder to plant? No! You'll need a friend to help, but the process is very similar to planting a regular tree. Here's grower Danielle to guide you through the process.

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When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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10 May

Best plants you will ever get online

I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.

Peter Mawer
2 May

Highly recommended all round

Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!

John Harris
3 April

Satisfied customer

Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

Karen McEwan
26 February

A really good quality tree

A really good quality tree, delivered on time and very well packaged. But the emailed planting advice and supporting information was what really impressed me. Thoroughly recommended.

Martin C Simmons
18 May

Exceptional quality

The quality of the plants was exceptional, unlike ones I have had before from local garden centres. Thank you so much. I will definitely be using you again.

Sara Bradley
22 February

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