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Pyracantha
Common name: Firethorn
Pyracantha is a pretty shrub with attractive flowers and magnificent red, yellow or orange berries in autumn and winter. It is often trained against a wall or fence. It also makes an excellent evergreen hedge.
Growing guide
How to grow pyracantha
All the information you’ll need to grow & care for pyracantha in your garden.
Pyracantha we recommend
Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
firethorn 'Golden Charmer'
- 2.5–4 metres
- 2.5–4 metres
Pyracantha rogersiana 'Flava'
yellow Asian firethorn
- 2.5–4 metres
- 2.5–4 metres
Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
firethorn 'Golden Charmer'
- 2.5–4 metres
- 2.5–4 metres
Pyracantha rogersiana 'Flava'
yellow Asian firethorn
- 2.5–4 metres
- 2.5–4 metres
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Useful advice
Fireblight
Pyracantha scab
Pyracantha leaf-mining moth
Woolly aphid
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