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Patio Pear Tree

Lush pears from the doorstep

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
  • Includes award-winning varieties
  • Eat fresh, poach or use in baking
  • Melt-in-the-mouth pears, magical blossoms

Description

  • If you’ve been wanting to grow pears at home but think you don’t have the room for a pear tree, then we’re about to blow your mind. Patio. Pear. Tree. Boom. Keeping to just 1.5m (or so) in height, these trees can easily be grown on a sun-soaked patio or small balcony
  • ‘Concorde’ holds the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit, boasts pears with truly exceptional taste and reliably produces large crops of fruit every year
  • ‘Conference’ is *the* classic dessert pear variety, universally loved for its exceptional taste (both when eaten fresh and used in cooking)
  • 'Doyenné Du Comice' proudly flies the flag for French pears, with its bold, aromatic flavour and wonderfully soft flesh
  • ‘Williams' Bon Chrétien’ is an RHS award-winning variety, reliably boasting heavy crops of sweet, juicy pears with smooth flesh
  • ‘Red Williams’ boasts fantastic ornamental value alongside its tasty red fruit, with attractive white, springtime blossoms and dazzling autumn colour
  • Our growers ensure your patio tree has a strong, developed root system and thick main stem before being sent to you. It's been grown on a dwarfing rootstock and pruned to a compact size during its time at the nursery. Plant your tree in a small pot to help stunt growth and prune yearly to help keep the desired shape and size

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted tree
Patio tree in a 4.5L pot
Bare Root
4.5L Pot
Bare Root
Bare Root

Height on arrival:

60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm
60-90cm

Eventual height:

1-1.5m

Eventual spread:

0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.
0.5-1m
Spreads approximately 0.5-1m.

Time to first crop:

2 years
Your patio pear tree might bear a few pears within the first couple of years of planting, but it might take a bit longer to see more substantial yields.

Flower colour:

White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring
White
White flowers appear in spring

Habit:

Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.
Upright
A small tree with a slender upright trunk and a neat, tidy crown.

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.
Fully hardy
H6 - This patio tree will survive temperatures down to around -20°C.

Self fertile:

Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent
Variety dependent

Pollination group:

Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety
Varies from variety to variety

Uses:

Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking
Eating fresh, poaching and baking

Rootstock:

Quince C rootstock
Pear varieties are usually grown by grafting them to rootstocks. This has benefits for pest resistance, genetics and the efficiency of propagation. Importantly, it also limits the height of a tree to a more manageable, specific height. Quince C pear trees tend to only reach 2-3m tall, making them perfect for smaller spaces and container growing.
Quince A rootstock
Pear trees grafted onto a Quince A (semi-vigorous) rootstock typically grow to a maximum height of around 4m.
Quince A rootstock
Pear trees grafted onto a Quince A (semi-vigorous) rootstock typically grow to a maximum height of around 4m.
Quince A rootstock
Pear trees grafted onto a Quince A (semi-vigorous) rootstock typically grow to a maximum height of around 4m.
Quince A rootstock
Pear trees grafted onto a Quince A (semi-vigorous) rootstock typically grow to a maximum height of around 4m.

Spacing:

1.5m
Plant 1.5m apart to allow for spreading.

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Varieties like 'Conference' and 'Red Williams' are resistant to fire blight and scab, but all pears can be affected by aphids and mites.

Water regularly

Pear trees grown in pots need regular watering to prevent their compost from drying out. In spring and summer, daily watering is often needed.

Full sun

Position your patio pear tree in full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day).

Any moist, well-drained compost

Your patio pear tree will benefit from being planted in a soil-based compost like John Innes No.3.

Feed every spring

An annual application of general-purpose fertiliser can benefit your patio tree.

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South Downs National Park

Meet John

110 years' expertise free with every tree

John’s family have 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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