Mohave Pyracantha
$61.00 Original price was: $61.00.$18.30Current price is: $18.30.
1000 in stock
SKU: aPo5IZnf1v
Category: PLANTS
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Once established water deeply occasionally.
SIZE: Quickly reaches 8 to 12 ft. tall and wide.
| Description | Lustrous dark green foliage adorns this vigorous, upright grower. Highly valued for its huge masses of bright red-orange berries that create a spectacle of fall color. An early fruiting variety. An excellent evergreen hedge, screen or accent. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Spring |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Ornamental Berries, Waterwise, Fast Growing, Benefits Birds |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Growth Habit | Rounded |
| Flower Attributes | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Barrier, Border, Espalier, Hedge, Privacy Screen, Windbreak, Suitable for Topiary |
| Design Ideas | This stunning upright grower works well espaliered to show off its dark foliage, clusters of white flowers and red orange fall fruit. Planted in the sun, several espaliered Pyracantha can form a ‘living fence’. They also can be mass planted for an informal hedge or barrier. |
| Flower Color | White |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Companion Plants | Pampas Grass (Cortederia); Weigela (Weigela); Beautyberry (Callicarpa); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Rose (Rosa); Chokeberry (Aronia) |
| Care Instructions | Grows easily in most average, well-drained soils. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency, once established. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, prune annually to shape. |
| History | This outstanding, heat loving hybrid was developed at the U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C. and introduced there in 1963. It belongs to a large group of shrubs in the Rose family closely related to both hawthorne and cotoneaster. The genus was classified by Max Roemer of Germany in the mid 19th Century, who named it from the Greek for fire and thorn to describe red fruits and spiny branches. He also named P. coccinea, the likely parent of this hybrid for its coloring which is native to a large range in Southern Europe and Asia Minor. This is among the newer disease resistant cultivars. Pyracantha berries are not poisonous. They are extremely bitter to human taste, but are a favorite amongst a variety of birds. |