Sugar Pear

Elfin Pink Penstemon

About Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon

Sugar Pear

Elfin Pink Penstemon

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Fruit

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Europe, Western Asia

Southwestern United States, Mexico

1.4 Types

pride pear,Triumph pear,jersey pear

Not Available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Hedge, Wood Margins

Alpine Meadows, moist forests, Open areas

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-94-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

9-5

9-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

1.9 Habit

Oval or Rounded

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

370.00 cm25.40 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

300.00 cm20.30 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White

Pink

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

White, Yellow, Red, Green, Yellow green

Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Dark Green

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Dark Green

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Purple, Dark Green, Burgundy

Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Lance shaped

Long Linear

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Spring

Late Spring, Early Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Pollution

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Budding, Grafting, Seedlings

Layering, Root Division, Stem Cutting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

Average Water Needs, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

cut main flower spike, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, remove old stems before spring

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Caterpillars, codling moth

chrysanthemum eelworms, Slugs, Snails

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Glossy

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

5.11 Attracts

Birds, Butterflies

Hummingbirds, Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

Unknown

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Available

Beautification, Cottage Garden, Landscape Designing, Ornamental use, Water gardening

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

Air purification, Food for insects, Prevent Soil Erosion

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Astringent, Febrifuge, Sedative

No Medicinal Use

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

Not Applicable

6.2.3 Other Uses

Shelterbelt, Used to make yellow dye

Beneficial species for attracting pollinators, deer resistant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier

Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

PYRUS communis 'Sugar'

PENSTEMON barbatus 'Elfin Pink'

7.2 Common Name

Dessert Pear, Pear, Sugar Pear

Beardlip Penstemon, Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.1 In Hindi

Sugar pear

Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.2 In German

Kultur-Birne

Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.3 In French

Poirier commun

Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.4 In Spanish

Pyrus communis

Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.5 In Greek

Sugar pear

Elfin Pink Penstemon

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Sugar pear

Elfin Penstemon -de-rosa

7.2.7 In Polish

Grusza pospolita

Elfin Różowy Penstemon

7.2.8 In Latin

Sugar pear

Elfin Pink Penstemon

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Angiosperms

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Rosales

Lamiales

8.5 Family

Rosaceae

Scrophulariaceae

8.6 Genus

Pyrus

Penstemon

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

NA250

1 27800

Properties of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon

Wondering what are the properties of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon? We provide you with everything About Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon. Sugar Pear has thorns and Elfin Pink Penstemon doesn't have thorns. Also Sugar Pear does not have fragrant flowers. Sugar Pear has allergic reactions like Not Available and Elfin Pink Penstemon has allergic reactions like Not Available. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon

Season and care of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon is important to know. While considering everything about Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon Care, growing season is an essential factor. Sugar Pear season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Elfin Pink Penstemon season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Sugar Pear is Loam and for Elfin Pink Penstemon is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Sugar Pear is Neutral and for Elfin Pink Penstemon is Neutral, Alkaline.

Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon Physical Information

Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon physical information is very important for comparison. Sugar Pear height is 370.00 cm and width 300.00 cm whereas Elfin Pink Penstemon height is 25.40 cm and width 20.30 cm. The color specification of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon are as follows:

Sugar Pear flower color: White
Sugar Pear leaf color: Dark Green
Elfin Pink Penstemon flower color: Pink
Elfin Pink Penstemon leaf color: Green

Care of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon

Care of Sugar Pear and Elfin Pink Penstemon include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Sugar Pear pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Elfin Pink Penstemon pruning is done cut main flower spike, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and remove old stems before spring. In summer Sugar Pear needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Elfin Pink Penstemon needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.