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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 Saphyr Rouge ('Cadrou')
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Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
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Pyracantha Saphyr Rouge ('Cadrou')
firethorn Saphyr Rouge
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Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
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Useful advice
Fireblight
Pyracantha leaf-mining moth
Pyracantha scab
Woolly aphid
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