Good bronze-yellow fall color. Has a crooked, upright trunk and a rather narrow crown. Can be successfully used as a small ornamental, but better suited to background and clump plantings where its strong suckering habit of choking out other plants is an asset. 30 x 20 Hardy Zone 3. Very similar to the parent species, but has reddish, shiny bark.
Mature leaves are rich, purplish red throughout the summer.
Sold pruned into tree form. An attractive, hardy cultivar. Recommended 4020 Pyrus calleryana cv Bradford ornamental pear, Bradford pear medium 35 x 25 Hardy Zone 5b. Widely promoted and sold, this popular cultivar has shown variable hardiness in Iowa. If grown in deep, rich, wet soils in sheltered locations, it should be quite satisfactory in all of Zone 5.