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 ...

No matter whether you call it pyracantha or firethorn, one thing we can all agree on is that this plant is as autumnal as it gets. Sure, firethorn offers beautiful white blooms in the spring, but the ...

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 ...

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 ...

FOLIAGE -- The foliage of Pyracantha is a dark green in the summer. The shrub is a semi-evergreen in mild winters. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) In the cold and dreary winter months, ...

The best shrubs with winter berries add pops of joyful color to the garden when it's most needed. As the days get shorter a show of lustrous berries will add standout factor to your garden, as well as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...