Botanical Name: Pyracantha species (most are hybrids)
Common Name: Firethorn
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect to somewhat sprawling with ascending-spreading branches, forms a rounded, mounded habit if unpruned; overall shape may vary according to variety – vigorous growers – thorns along branches
Height 8-10'
Spread 8-10'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to part shade
Soil prefers loam soils, tolerate most
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-24); thrives in warm, sunny locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate-whorled, obovate-oval, 1 to 1-1/2" long, emarginate apex, dark glossy green above, pale beneath
Flowers small, 1/4" white, crowded axillary or terminal panicles (on second year wood), mostly on spur branches – spring, summer or fall
Fruit pome, red, small, 1/8" showy; fall-summer-winter
 
Propagation:
seed, semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
barrier plant, formal/informal hedges, espaliers; usually for the heavy production of the attractive red fruit; color, size, production time vary with specific variety
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak – avoid overwatering
Fertilizing balanced in spring; for chlorosis in wet conditions
Pruning to shape desired – avoid shearing for best flower/fruit
Pests/Diseases sooty mold, fireblight, scale, aphids, spider mite
Special Conditions/Other preserve spurs and 2nd yr. wood for best flowers/fruit
 
Origin: East Asia
Family: Rosaceae

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