Pyracantha coccinea

• BOTANICAL NAME: Pyracantha coccinea
• PRONUNCIATION:
  pi-ra-CAN-tha cok-SIN-i-a
• COMMON NAME: Firethorn
• FAMILY: Rosaceae
• NATIVITY: Italy to Caucasus
• GROWTH HABIT: Open shrub.
• SIZE: 6-18' tall and wide
• HARDINESS: Zone 6-9
• CULTURE: Full to partial sun and well-drained, dry soil.  Prune regularly (any time of year) to manage growth. Plant from containers in spring; does not transplant well.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Good for hedges or screens if kept well-pruned. Makes excellent espaliers on walls or trellises.  Attracts birds.  Fruit provides great winter interest.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, crenulate, 1/2 - 2 1/2" long and 1/4 - 3/4" wide, shiny deep green.  Young leaves have pubescence on underside.
• BARK: Young stems are pubescent, mature stems are dark glossy brown with 1/2 - 3/4" spines.
• FRUIT: Orange or red drupes, 1/4" in diameter, ripe from fall through winter.
• PROPAGATION: Seed or cuttings.
• PESTS: Fireblight, scab, twig blight, leaf blight, root rot, aphids, lace bug, scales.
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