Mespilus, 'Puciu Big - Italy' medlar Peony Ring nursery catalogues

nursery catalogues

Grows into a large shrub nearly 8' tall and 5' wide in just a few years

Notable characteristics: Large

very well suited for a cutting garden

propagation

Mespilus, 'Puciu Big - Italy' medlar Peony Ring nursery cataloguesMespilus germanica Variety description: An Italian cultivar from the USDA collection in Corvallis, OR. Fruit are at least 2 times the size of an average medlar. Flavor is similar to that of other cultivars. Medlars are close relatives of hawthorns and are native to southeastern coastal region of Mediterranean and southwestern Asia. Medlars have at least a thousand year long cultivation history over a wide region stretching from Iran to England.