A Tree Grower's Diary: Aristocrat Pear Growth Chart

April 2005
Aristocrat Pear
Host to my favorite bud.

Aristocrat Pear
Journal
Growth Chart

Detailed Facts

Tree Calendar
Julie's Trees

Facts at a Glance

Pyrus calleryana -
'Aristocrat'

Planted October 1999
Planting height: 6'
Planting trunk: 2"

2006 Update
Height: 25'
Trunk: 20"

Mature Height: 40'
Spread: 40'
Growth rate: Fast
Form: Broad, oval
Flowers: White
Fall color: Red
Hardiness zone: 5 - 8
Culture: Sun

Best feature:
Less prone to wind
damage than Bradford pear

Worst problem:
Blossoms smell like rotting fish

Do over? No

Aristocrat Pear
Blogs
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A Year in the Life of One Bud: The Poem

One Bud Made Into One Relaxing Movie

What a Show!

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A Tree Grower's Diary
Aristocrat Pear

ARISTOCRAT PEAR GROWTH CHART

Photographs and text by Julie Walton Shaver

June 2000

July 2002

April 2003

June 2004

April 2006

September 2008. I like the shade from this tree in the front yard!

April 2006, with Sept. 2008 overlayed on top

Notice that when this tree was first planted, it had low branches. In the winter of 2001-02, I pruned those low branches to aid in clearance for the driveway.

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See the Aristocrat Pear growth chart

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