Eucalyptus pyriformis
Pear-fruited Mallee
From late winter into spring pendulous flowers are produced on long, down-curved peduncles.
A highly ornamental small mallee, Eucalyptus pyriformis grows to 3 metres high and has a spreading habit with moderately dense foliage. There are usually multiple trunks, arising from a lignotuber and the bark is smooth, grey and deciduous in strips during late summer and autumn, revealing pale brown new bark underneath. Flowers are predominantly red or yellow and are followed by ornamental woody fruits.
Grow it at home
- It is best suited to arid or semi-arid and warm temperate zones and must have very well drained soils and plenty of sunshine
- Plants are fast growing and respond well to formative pruning
- Drought tolerant once established
With its open habit revealing its flowers boldly at a height where they can easily be admired, this tree can be used effectively in a range of planting styles; a feature specimen, drifted randomly throughout a garden bed or planted as a grove.
Find it in Kings Park
Pear-fruited Mallees can be seen around Wadjuk Car Park, near the Wardong Bus Park and in the Eucalyptus Garden.
Out in the wild
Eucalytpus pyriformis occurs in the Avon and Irwin Districts and is distributed from the Murchison River to near Dowerin in the south. It is part of the heathland on the sandplains where it grows in well drained slightly acidic sands over a clay subsoil.
