Nashi Pear is a medium to large deciduous tree with an upright and spreading habit that is grown for its delicious edible fruit.
This is a tree for all seasons, masses of white flowers in spring, deep green leaves during summer changing to reds and yellows in autumn before they drop leaving bare branches during winter.
The Nashi Pear fruit as bronze coloured skin, it is round more like an apple in shape, the flesh is sweet, juicy and crisp and doesn't go soft when ripe.
Frost hardy but can also be grown in sub-tropical areas. Prefers full sun but will tolerate some shade.
For those wanting to grow pears in warmer areas this is a good choice. There are various cultivars many dwarf forms growing to 3-5m height.
They don't really self-pollinate so you will need to plant more than one tree, check with the nursery that the two you have chosen are compatible for cross pollination.
Fruit, autumn colour, spring flower display