Hosui pear
Pyrus pyrifolia 'Hosui'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size10 to 15 feet tall10 to 12 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Weeping | spreading / flat-topped
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Hosui' pear (Pyrus pyrifolia 'Hosui') is a fruit tree for food gardens, borders, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is grown for fresh eating, and the fruit ripens early and keeps for 1-2 months. Deer tend to browse other plants first. Plant a second pear nearby, because this tree is not self-fertile.
Pairs well with Everbearing strawberry, Lovage, and Honorine Jobert anemone.