When we focus on plants that add color, texture or structure to the winter landscape. Scarlet Firethorn, which many gardeners know better as Pyracantha, easily fills the bill. This evergreen woody ...

Pyracantha is a genus of tenacious semi-evergreen or evergreen shrubs that grow well even in challenging planting sites. In late fall, pyracantha starts to produce showstopping clusters of bright red ...

One of winter’s pleasures for gardeners is the brilliant and copious display of berries produced by pyracantha, commonly known as firethorn. Starting in late summer or early fall, the pea-size berries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. red berries on a pyracantha shrub in fall If you're thinking of adding some new plants to your plot this fall, experts agree that ...

Has there ever—in the history of blooms, berries, and botany as a whole—been a more autumnal planting than pyracantha? This shrub is a gorgeous evergreen plant with deep orange berries that always ...

One winter, wild birds threw a raucous fiesta in our pyracantha hedge. The frenzy was unremitting as sparrows and finches dined on overripe, fermented berries. Normally our berries are long gone ...

Pyracantha is the ultimate multitasking plant; a workhorse shrub that’s loved by wildlife. What’s not to like? Some plants divide opinion. Think of Beth Chatto rushing to the defence of Bergenia while ...

As an advocate for native plants, you may wonder why I’m writing about Pyracantha, since it’s native to western Europe and Southeast Asia. I also know that there are many gardeners who dislike the ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Here is a shrub I never ...

A woody shrub with multi-season interest is the narrowleaf firethorn (Pyracantha angustifolia ‘Gnome’). This thorny shrub has small (2- to 2½-inch-long), narrow, lanceolate, glossy, dark-green leaves.

For the first time in 40 years, my two pyracantha bushes have produced no berries. Is there a reason for this? Can it be corrected? Did you prune them? A hard pruning will mean few flowers the ...

If you're thinking of adding some new plants to your plot this fall, experts agree that there's one option you should definitely consider adding to your wishlist. The colorful pyracantha is one of the ...