Firethorn

...eight reasons for including a Firethorn (aka Pyracantha) in your garden. 1. BEAUTY ALL YEAR ROUND Unlike most shrubs, Pyracantha is an evergreen; she (I think of her as a lady) won't shed her leaves in the cold season. When other shrubs look naked and bare, Pyracantha still wears an abundance of small dark green leaves. In addition, Pyracantha adorns herself with gorgeous jewellery of gold and ruby. From October to January, Pyracantha is covered ...
...consider this when choosing your firethorn variety. Insects appreciate the flowers. 3. KEEPS INTRUDERS OUT It would be a very brave burglar climbing over a firethorn hedge or up a fire-thorn-clad facade, even with protective clothing on. And it looks so much more attractive than barbed wire, especially since the thorns are covered by leaves all year round. A solid hedge of pricklies is a great burglar deterrant. Some people say you can keep squirrels ...

queen_rain 15.12.2004 · Read full review
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...is commonly known as the Firethorn or to give it it's Latin name, Pyracantha. Background ---------- The Pyracantha species is a member of the Rosaceae family. All of the members of this family can be identified quite easily by looking at the fruits or berries. Yes, this plant does have berries. If you turn the berry upside down and look at it, you will notice it has a 5 pointed star embedded in the fruit. All members of the Rosaceae family have this. ...
...is an Evergreen shrub with varying sized oval leaves depending on the cultivar. It tends to be a spring flowering plant that will produce many small berries in clusters durng the autumn. It holds it berries long into Spring when it can be taken and cultivated. These produce some fantastic colours and are one of the most striking plants I remember from my cold winter's days plodding around the College grounds on plant ident walks. I called it a security ...

andycharger 30.04.2002 · Read full review
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...forgotten (again)! Pyracantha or Firethorn is one of those shrubs that is often overlooked when in the Garden Centre, probably because you buy them young, and don't get to see their potential until they are a few years old. First of all. let me say this shrub is one that lives up to it's name; it IS thorny, and just handling this shrub will have you wincing if you get pricked by it. They can also attain a good height and spread, up to 15ft in some ...
...If you have young children you may not want this in your garden, firstly there are the thorns, and secondly, the berries. Having said all that, I have had two shrubs when my child was young, and she never was tempted to eat the berries, nor did she ever fall into it! The sight of the berries on a mature shrub which has not been heavily pruned is really lovely in the winter, they vary from yellow through to orange and bright red, depending on the ...

Lynda04 23.02.2001 · Read full review
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If you want to bring a blaze of colour to the autumn garden, and do your feathered friends a big favour as well, plant a Firethorn! The Pyracantha family are thorny evergreen shrubs, which are smothered in clusters of small white flowers in spring and early summer, followed in the autumn by a crop of vividly coloured berries. The birds love the berries, and will often also nest in the shrub when it has grown large enough. In fact, a pair of blackbirds ...
...Berries vary from bright red in the variety watereri, through shades of orange (in Orange Glow and Orange Charmer), to yellow (Soleil d’Or or Golden Dome). Look out for these varieties in the Garden Centre. Although very suitable for growing against a wall, Pyracantha is not a climber. It is simply a shrub with an erect growth habit. This means you can easily train it up a wall or fence, but it will not cling by itself. It will need trellis or wires, ...

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...armed. It is also called firethorn I think this is because of the red berries and the thorns it may be because they are fierce thorns and its like fire if they scratch you. This one stands against my neighbours fence I have two in the hedge between my garden and the football pitch at the back of the house. It is a good defender hedge keep’s the ruffian’s out, the football still comes over sometimes though. I also have an orange-berried ...
...a bush with white flowers and has red, yellow or white orange berries. berries. Pyracantha has flowers in late spring and produces its berries in autumn it is an evergreen providing colour in the gloom of winter. Pyracantha is a good plant for an informal hedge it grows to 6-10 feet 2-3 metres. Plant them about 2-foot/ 60 cm distance from each other. Pyracantha is a good plant for a wildlife garden. Its berries attract lots of birds the blackbirds ...

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