Scientific Name:
Pyracantha coccinea
Pronunciation:
pye-ruh-KAN-thuh kock-SIN-ee-uh
Common Name:
pyracantha, scarlet firethorn
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:
Irregular shaped shrub, often trained to climb; leaves lanceolate, dark green and shiny; stem covered in thorns 3-4cm long; corymb florets each with 5 cupped petals, 5 fused sepals, 15 stamens, 1 pistil with 5 stigma branches; pomes berry-likem orange-red, in clusters.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Irregular, Round
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
3 - 5m
Mature Spread:
4 - 5m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe, South Asia / India
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Espalier, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Security/barrier, Specimen plant, Wildlife food
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Obovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cuneate
Margins:
Crenate, Serrulate
Inflorescence Type:
Corymb, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Scent:
Fragrant
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May
Fruit Type:
Pome
Fruit Colour:
Orange, Red (varies with cv.)
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Showy, Persistent,
Bark Morphology:
Smooth, Multi-stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Organ Modifications:
Thorns
Propagation:
Seed, Softwood cuttings
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Blight or needle cast, Dieback, Fungal leaf spot, Root rot, Scale insects
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
- Level 2 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (LTW) Langley Township Walk : Douglas Park
- (NRY) NuRserY : zone 5
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North