Pyrus fauriei Korean Sun™
Common name: 
Korean Sun Pear
Pronunciation: 
PI-rus FAR-ee-i
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Pyrus
Synonyms: 
'Westwood'
Pyrus calleryana var. fauriei Korean Sun™
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous tree/shrub, 12 ft tall and 15 ft wide (3.7 m × 4.5 m), rounded, compact (smaller than species type).  Leaves elliptic-ovate, medium green, red to red-purple fall color.  Flowers white, appear after leaves; fruit small, about 1 cm wide.
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4     The species is native to Korea.   Korean Sun™ was selected by Mel Westwood, Oregon State University.
  • fauriei: after L'Abbé Urbain Jean Faurie, 19th century renowned French missionary and botanist in Japan, Formosa and Korea
  • Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden
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