Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'
(Weeping Silver Pear)
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 5m
Width - 6m
Location - The East Border, The White Garden
Description: A small, Deciduous tree with a weeping habit. Narrow, lanceolate leaves emerge covered in soft silver felt and gradually become smooth and grey-green as they develop. The young stems also have a silver hue. Creamy-white bowl-shaped flowers are held in clusters and are produced as the leaves begin to emerge in mid-spring. The flowers are followed by small green, pear-shaped fruit that matures to brown. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Pendulous Willow-leaved Pear
Flower:
White bowl-shaped flowers are held in clusters and produced as the leaves begin to emerge in April. The flowers are followed by green, relatively small, pear-shaped fruit that turns brown with age.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers held in clusters
Flowering time: April
Foliage:
Narrow, lanceolate leaves emerge covered in soft, silver hairs and eventually become smooth and grey-green with age. The young stems also have a silver hue. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the pendulous branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Propagation:
Grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.