Botanical Name: Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer'
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Common Name: Chanticleer Flowering Pear  
Plant photo of: Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer'
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: HMH Architects
  • Description

  • Notes

‘Chanticleer’ is considered to be one of the best of the flowering pear cultivars currently available in commerce. It is a tight, narrow, pyramidal, thornless ornamental pear tree that typically grows 25 to 35 feet tall and 15 feet wide. Some specimens appear almost columnar in habit. Five-petaled, creamy white flowers in dense clusters appear in profusion in early spring. Oval, glossy dark green leaves have slightly toothed margins, and fairly dance in the breeze due to long petioles. Leaves turn attractive reddish-purple in fall. Useful in small spaces, patios, formal plantings, and as a living fence.