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Cleveland Flowering Pear
Cleveland Select pear trees display evenly branched limbs with pyramidal form. It has an attractive upright oval form and glossy green leaves. There’s nothing more beautiful in spring than a flowering pear tree covered in snowy white blooms. The Cleveland Select Pear reaches a height of 30 feet and width of 15 feet. The Cleveland Select flowering pear tree, Pyrus calleryana, 'Cleveland Select', has more blooms than any other flowering pear tree. This is an excellent street tree with beautiful purplish-red fall color. This deciduous tree is a vigorous growing medium sized tree with masses of white flowers in spring. This pear has a superior branch structure that withstands ice and wind damage better than the Bradford Pear. It is fruitless and has few pest problems. It tolerates urban conditions, and heavy clay soils. ... get more information
Serviceberry This large shrub has erect stems that form multi-stemmed clumps The serviceberries, genus Amelanchier, are deciduous shrubs or small trees that grow in the understory of temperate forests. The flowers are white and borne in erect clusters in early spring as the leaves are unfolding. Serviceberry trees have leaves that are 2 inches long and have a very pretty white fuzzy coat when young, but becoming shiny green as they mature. This deciduous tree/shrub is multistemmed and gets up to 20 ft tall with a dense, bushy spread up to 10 ft across. The bush sends up numerous suckers and can become quite a thicket. The berrylike fruits are showy and edible. Their beautiful, but brief, early spring flowering beats all but the earliest shrubs, and their fall foliage is first rate. It is an excellent small yard tree. The Serviceberry tree, Amelanchier canadensis, may also be known as a Juneberry, Shadblow, or Shadbush. Ths fall color is brilliant yellow, red or orange. |
