Companion Planting & Garden Value: Pear

Pyrus communis

Spacing: needs about 16 square feet per plant. Mature height: 14-18 ft.

Pollination

Not self-fertile: a single plant won't reliably set fruit. Nearly every pear variety needs a second, different variety blooming at the same time to fruit well; a couple (Seckel, Kieffer) set some fruit alone but still do better paired. Pear flowers draw fewer bees than most fruit trees, so three varieties nearby is sometimes recommended over two. (source)

Plant these nearby

No well-established companions.

Keep these apart

Nothing it needs to be kept away from.

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Companion planting for Pear: which plants to grow next to it, which to keep apart, and the reason behind each pairing.

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