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Cleveland Flowering Pear
This is an excellent street tree with beautiful purplish-red fall color. It tolerates urban conditions, and heavy clay soils. Cleveland Select pear trees display evenly branched limbs with pyramidal form. There’s nothing more beautiful in spring than a flowering pear tree covered in snowy white blooms. This deciduous tree is a vigorous growing medium sized tree with masses of white flowers in spring. It is fruitless and has few pest problems. It has an attractive upright oval form and glossy green leaves. The Cleveland Select flowering pear tree, Pyrus calleryana, 'Cleveland Select', has more blooms than any other flowering pear tree. The Cleveland Select Pear reaches a height of 30 feet and width of 15 feet. This pear has a superior branch structure that withstands ice and wind damage better than the Bradford Pear. ... additional information
Black Walnut - Carpathia The Carpathian Black Walnut tree, Juglans nigra, 'Carpathian', can be planted as a nut bearing landscape tree. Common names for the Carpathian Black Walnut tree are Persian Walnut, English Walnut, Carpathian Walnut and Madeira Nut. The best growth and nut production comes when it is placed in deep, dry, light loamy soils. Carpathian Black Walnut trees are self-pollinating but they will normally do better with another neighboring Black Walnut. This selection comes from parent trees in central Michigan where trees crop abundantly although winter temps plunge to -34' F. It is an excellent shade tree that bears excellent thin shell English Walnuts. Gardening News and Articles |
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