Plant Name

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Pyracantha 'Dart's Red' from Rosaceae Family

Common Name

Firethorn

Soil

Chalk, Sand or Peat. Will grow in clay providing it does not remain waterlogged (add 3 " of sand to surface area of 3 feet on both sides of proposed hedge and dig in 4 weeks before planting). Prefers acidic soil.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry to Moist

Plant Type

Evergreen Shrub

Height x Spread in feet

6 x 6

Green Screens (3 feet 4inches high by 4 feet long or 6 feet high x 4 feet long)

Foliage

Shiny, glossy Dark Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

White in May-June followed by mat Red berries

Comment

Erect form. Trim hedging in early to midsummer.

This plant is attractive to bees, buterflies and birds and is also a very good defensive hedge because of the thorns on its branches.

This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd, Mobilane, Hedges Direct and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.