Fruit Trees & Citrus
Pear
A cool-climate tree that needs a proper winter to crop well.
Pyrus communis · Fruit Trees & Citrus · Perennial
When to plant Pear in Australia
Sourced timing by broad climate zone. Zones with no sourced timing for an action are left out rather than estimated.
- Plant out seedlings
- Cool, Temperate — Jun, Jul, Aug
Australian planting guide by climate zone
Sourced guidance by broad climate zone, shown as fixed months, timing relative to sowing or planting, or written growing advice. Your GrowCal calendar applies your regional growing profile, so its dates may sit earlier or later than the months below.
| Action | Cool | Temperate | Subtropical | Tropical | Arid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant out | Jun, Jul, AugDetailsWinter is the best time to plant bare-rooted fruit trees; the bare-root season lasts from June to August. | Jun, Jul, AugDetailsWinter is the best time to plant bare-rooted fruit trees; the bare-root season lasts from June to August. | Climate guidanceDetailsEuropean pears need more winter chill than the subtropics deliver. Low-chill nashi and low-chill Packham selections are the varieties that actually fruit in warm subtropical gardens. | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Feed | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Prune | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Pest check | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Harvest | Fruits in summer and autumnDetailsThe ABC Gardening Australia Fruit Guide states that pear and nashi fruits in summer and autumn. The guide gives a season, not months, and picking time varies with variety and season, so GrowCal does not publish harvest months from it. | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
Only sourced growing and timing guidance is shown.
Zone notes
- Subtropical: European pears need more winter chill than the subtropics deliver. Low-chill nashi and low-chill Packham selections are the varieties that actually fruit in warm subtropical gardens.
About this data
This schedule is part of GrowCal's preview horticultural dataset — useful as general guidance, and still being validated. Conditions vary with your soil, aspect, frost and variety. Read more on the data & methodology page, or send us a correction.
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