Sensation Pear TreesSensation Pear Trees

Sensation Pear Trees

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  • Eating
  • Pollination Group: D
  • Spur bearer.
  • Crops in August
Choose a plant formWhat to expect
All
Bareroot
Potted
Choose a size
  • Maiden: Unbranched tree, the most basic starting size, which you can train into the other forms (apart from mini patio trees; we only sell Little Miss Figgy), including wire-trained cordons, fans, and espaliers.
    • Some maidens are pre-cut to 80cm, ready to become a Bush, or 130cm, ready to become a Half-Standard.
  • Bush: Branched tree with a short trunk about 60cm tall.
    Will grow to about 3m. Ideal for any size garden.
  • Half-Standard: Branched tree with a trunk about 120cm tall.
    Will grow into a full sized, "normal" tree, about 4m. Ideal for orchards & large gardens, easy to mow underneath.
Maiden
Bareroot
£24.99each
Qty
1-2
3 - 9
10 +
£
£ 24.99
£ 22.99
£ 19.99
Available to order
Despatched From December 2025
Bush
Bareroot
£36.99each
Qty
1-2
3 - 9
10 +
£
£ 36.99
£ 32.99
£ 29.99
Half-Standard
Bareroot
£39.99each
Qty
1-2
3 - 9
10 +
£
£ 39.99
£ 36.99
£ 35.99
Bush 10 Litre
Potted
£54.99each
Qty
1-3
4 - 9
10 +
£
£ 54.99
£ 49.99
£ 44.99

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Description

Pyrus Sensation - Early Season Eating Pears

This is a red version of the excellent Williams Bon Chretien that crops a little earlier. Like its parent, it is a sublime eating pear, with almost more juice than flesh and a flavour to match pretty much any other.

It brightens up the garden in spring, when its young leaves have a reddish colour. The tree is naturally quite narrow and upright, so it's a good choice if you're worried about fitting a full sized tree into your garden, and it makes a very good cordon trained against a wall.

Browse our range of pear trees or the full variety of fruit trees.

Features:

  • Eating.
  • Self Sterile.
  • Pollination Group D (Incompatible with Williams bon Chretien)
  • Spur Bearer: suitable for cordons & training on wires.
  • Harvest: August.

Pollination Partners for Sensation Pears:
Sensation is in pollination group D which means that it will cross-pollinate with trees in groups C & D, except for Williams bon Chretien.
See our guide to Pollinating Pear Trees for a full list of partners for Sensation. We especially recommend the eating pears Comice and Conference or the cooking/perry pear Winter Nelis.

Growing Sensation Pear Trees:
Rich soil is important - dig in plenty of good manure and compost before planting so the ground holds moisture but drains as well. Always use Rootgrow. The more sun your trees get the better your crops will be. 

History & Parentage of Sensation

Sensation is a sport (a natural variation) of the massively popular pear Williams Bon Chretien. It was discovered in Australia in 1940.

What to expect

It's Spring Planting Season 2025

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From seedlings in jumbo plugs; Dahlia tubers; small P9 & 1 Litre plants; up to trees in big 15L pots
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We work with large batches of orders to save you money. Lead times for plants in stock are around 2 weeks
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No more broken plants in the post!

When your order is ready, it's expertly packed by Rodney and delivered by next day courier; if anything goes wrong, call Dan on 01963 359 444
Planting out potted plants in Spring

Spring is perfect planting time

Roots love the warm soil; the plant has time to settle in before mid-Summer heat
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