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Sensation Pear
Pyrus communis ‘Sensation’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 45Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Sensation Pear - Pyrus communis ‘Sensation’
Sensation is a red-skinned sport of the Williams pear, and its flesh eats just like its parent's. Pyrus communis ‘Sensation’ is grown as much for the look of a tree hung with red fruit as for the eating, with white blossom opening its year in spring.
Why Sensation Pear
Distinctive fruit presentation: Rich red pears with strong visual appeal on the branch and at the table.
Harvest timing: Ready from late summer; harvest it firm and bring it to eating ripeness indoors over a few days.
Spring blossom display: White flowering precedes fruit set, contributing ornamental value across two seasons.
Choosing a partner: Williams is genetically the same tree, so a different variety, Beurre Bosc or Packham's Triumph, should flower close by for a full crop.
Deciduous structure: Provides canopy shade through summer while opening to light in winter, a practical asset in thoughtfully designed landscapes.
Ideal Applications
Kitchen orchards: Suits residential productive gardens where each tree is expected to look good as well as crop.
Colour in a mixed orchard: Red fruit sets it apart beside green and russet pears, so each variety reads clearly at harvest.
Feature specimen planting: Effective as a standalone tree within a structured landscape composition.
Cool-climate edible gardens: Best kept to frosty inland gardens if a full crop is the aim; coastal Sydney gardens see only a light crop, and the mild winters of coastal South East Queensland leave it with little or no fruit.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Late autumn to late winter, while the tree is leafless
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained, deep fertile loam; tolerates clay if drainage is adequate; best at a pH of 6.0 to 7.0
Establishment Care: Keep the soil evenly moist, never wet, through the first two growing seasons, then water mainly in dry spells, and keep the mulch pulled back from the trunk. Where Queensland fruit fly is active, bag or net the fruit as it ripens.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 6m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Europe and western Asia; a red sport of Williams
Flower Colour: White
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







