This rare shrub to small tree has a greyish brown trunk with spreading spiny branches that form a compact rounded habit. It has silvery-green broad lance-shaped leaves and the white saucer-shaped flowers appear in a cluster in spring followed by small fruit.

Hardiness zones 6 to 10 

Pyrus amygdaliformis Is naturally found on the northern shores of the Mediterranean to Bulgaria and extending to western Asia growing in woodlands in dry rocky places. 

It prefers an open sunny to partially shaded position and grows in most well drained moderately fertile moist sandy to clay soils with a pH 6-7.5 and is frosts and drought tolerant. 

The Almond Leaf Pear is grown for its shrubby habit and mass of spring flowers. It has planted long borders in parks and gardens for screening or used in Mediterranean settings as a specimen. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and establishes in 3-4 years and is moderately long lived. ID 3473

Pyrus (PI-rus) amygdaliformis (AH-mig-DAH-lee-FOR-mis) 

Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Rose Family