Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN®
Pyrus calleryana
Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® (Pyrus calleryana) is a tree suited to the Colorado Front Range, rated "Recommended" on the 2024 Front Range Tree Recommendation List. It matures to about 25–35 ft tall and 8–12 ft wide, and needs low to medium water. Callery pear is invasive in many regions and structurally weak — suckers, splits, and reseeds prolifically. Do not plant.
low to medium water25–35 ft tall and 8–12 ft wideXeric / water-wise
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At a glance
- Rating
- Recommended
- Botanical name
- Pyrus calleryana
- Variety / cultivar
- Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN®
- Type
- Tree
- Mature size
- 25–35 ft tall and 8–12 ft wide
- Water needs
- low to medium water
- Colorado native
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- clay, loam, sandy
- Soil pH
- 6.0–8.2
- Hail tolerance
- moderate
- Wind tolerance
- moderate
- Salt tolerance
- high
- Bloom color
- white
- Bloom time
- mid spring
Site factors to consider
- Critical: Cold Hardiness
Planting & establishment
Water deeply every 7–10 days through the first 2 summers. Winter water 1–2×/month October–March when soil is dry and unfrozen — winter desiccation is a top killer of newly-planted trees. Year 3: taper to 2×/month in summer, then rely on natural precipitation.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® good for the Colorado Front Range?
- Yes. Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® is included in the Front Range Plant Finder as a tree suited to Colorado's Front Range, rated "Recommended" on the 2024 Front Range Tree Recommendation List.
- How big does Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® get?
- It matures to about 25–35 ft tall and 8–12 ft wide.
- How much water does Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® need?
- It needs low to medium water once established.
- Is Pear — Callery – 'Capital', JAVELIN® native to Colorado?
- No — it is not a Colorado native, but it grows well on the Front Range.
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See also
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