Flowering Pear Trees
Flowering pear trees are a popular ornamental choice for Colorado landscapes, valued for their fast growth, early spring white blooms, and clean, symmetrical form. They adapt well to Front Range conditions and provide dependable curb appeal, though proper variety selection and placement are important for long-term performance.
- Genus
- Pyrus
- Category
- Ornamental Trees
- Species Profiled
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About the Genus
Flowering pear trees are a popular ornamental choice for Colorado landscapes, valued for their fast growth, early spring white blooms, and clean, symmetrical form. They adapt well to Front Range conditions and provide dependable curb appeal, though proper variety selection and placement are important for long-term performance.
Flowering Pear species we recommend
Every flowering pear below has been selected for proven performance in Front Range conditions.
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Autumn Blaze Pear
Pyrus calleryana 'Autumn Blaze'Autumn Blaze pear is an ornamental flowering pear valued for its early white spring blossoms and reliable orange-red fall color. Like other Callery pear cultivars, it is fast-growing but structurally weak, and Colorado plantings benefit from early structural pruning to reduce storm and snow-load failure risk.
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Chanticleer Pear
Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' (syn. 'Glen's Form')Chanticleer pear is a narrow, columnar flowering pear known for reliable white spring bloom and good fall color, with notably better branch structure than most Callery pear cultivars. It remains a fast-growing tree that benefits from early structural pruning on the Front Range.
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Cleveland Pear
Pyrus calleryana 'Cleveland Select'Cleveland Select pear is a narrow, uniform flowering pear cultivar bred to correct the wide, weak-angled branching of older Callery pear varieties. It offers dependable white spring bloom and burgundy fall color, but Colorado's heavy wet snow still calls for early structural pruning.
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