Acanthaceae
The Acanthaceae family is often overlooked because the plants are sometimes considered to be old fashioned, but they are interesting because they have many different features that are attractive for gardens.
The thorns of Pyracantha coccinea can cause allergic reactions in some, so wear gloves when pruning or handling.
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Pyracantha
This orange-berried pyracantha (figure D) is also an evergreen, winter-berried shrub. According to Glassman, the birds love to eat the berries. It grows about ten feet tall, and it makes a dramatic addition to your landscape.
Pyracantha
Between late winter and mid-spring, trim wall-trained bushes to shape, cut out weak growth and shorten new shoots to encourage branching.
In late summer, cut back new growth on fruit-bearing stems.
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Pyracantha. Another shrub whose primary claim to beauty comes from its glorious berries is the pyracantha (Pyracantha coccinea).
Firethorn, Pyracantha, can be grown as an espalier. Most of the intensive pruning this technique requires should be done while the plants are dormant in winter.
Firethorn (Pyacantha coccinea)
Firethorn can be a bit unruly, but it still looks striking in the landscape. Evergreen with white flowers in spring and orange-red berries from summer into winter. Popular for Christmas decorations. Drought tolerant.
Wyatt Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea 'Wyatti') This shrub is a vigorous grower, reaching heights of 10' to 12'. It prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade. Water needs are low and this is a good xeriscape plant.
Two excellent berry producers are Cotoneaster and Pyracantha. Cotoneaster produces red or reddish-coral fruits prodigiously and comes in two forms: low-growing, spreading shrubs such as 'Bearberry' or 'Cranberry,' commonly used as groundcover, ...
Botanical Name: Pyracantha coccinea.
Hardiness: Zones 5 or 6 to 9.
Bloom Time: Spring.
Size: Up to 15 feet high, up to 20 feet wide.
Shrubs with loose, open habits, such as firethorn (Pyracantha), camellia and euonymus, can be espaliered for dramatic impact in small gardens, ...
Pyracantha (Pyracantha coccinea)
Daphne (Daphne sp.)
Gold-dust Plant (Acuba japonica)
Sumacs (Rhus sp.)
Thorny Eleaegnus (Eleaegnus pungens)
Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica)
Bumald Spirea (Spireae x bumaldi) ...
(NL. fr. L. that which holds or binds, band, fr. retinere, to hold back, retain) the hook-like funicle of a seed of a plant of the family Acanthaceae; a band or band-like structure that holds an organ in place. pl. retinacula.
The resulting water deficit causes leaf scorch of broadleaf evergreens like Manhattan euonymus, pyracantha, Oregon grapeholly and English ivy.
A few ornamental wall shrubs, pyracantha and the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) are good examples, respond best to being trained in a fan. This ensures that the branches are well spaced out and get an even amount of light and air.
No known cultivar of apple, pear, pyracantha, flowering crabapple, cotoneaster, quince, hawthorne, or rose is completely resistant to Fire Blight. However, some cultivars of these plants are more resistant or tolerant of Fire Blight than others.
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Cotoneaster, Pyracantha, Mountain Ash, Junipers
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Flowering Dogwood, Crabapples, healthy and unhealthy lawns ...
Fruit trees: cherry hawthorn, dogwood, crabapple.
Shrubs: Barberry, bayberry, coralberry, holly, pyracantha, blackberry, blueberry, cherries, strawberry.
Flowers: red trumpet, red bee balm, touch-me-not will attract hummingbirds.
Certain varieties of apple, flowering crabapple, pear, pyracantha, and quince are highly susceptible. Other plants, such as hawthorn, Japanese quince, mountain ash, rose, cotoneaster, spirea, loquat, and amelanchier, may occasionally also be damaged.
Spider mites have been found in greenhouses across North America and Europe and are known to attack over 200 species of plants including azalea, camellia, citrus, evergreens, hollies, ligustrum, pittosporum, pyracantha, rose, and viburnum; ...
Cactus family (Cactaceae) includes: Arizona pincushion (Corypantha vivipara), Claret cup (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), Walking Stick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata), Plains Prickly Pear (Opuntia macoriza), New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) - ...
Fire blight is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. In addition to apple and pear, other susceptible plants include quince, Pyracantha (fire thorn), Cotoneaster, mountain ash, hawthorn, and raspberry.
Shrubs: Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum); Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata); Scarlet Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea); Box Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida) ...
Cluster - three or more flowers gathered closely together in simple or branched groups to increase their conspicuousness, such as in Pentas spp. (pentas), Ligustrum japonicum (ligustrum), Pyracantha coccinea (firethorn), Mangifera indica (mango), ...
Firethorn (Pyracantha), burning bush (Euonymus alata), and barberry provide winter food after their bitter berries have been softened by frosts. In small gardens or yards, deer will eat such plants before others.
Pyracantha (all)
Quercus ilex
Rhamnus alatemus 'Argenteovariegata'
Rhododendron (all)
Rhododendron 'Bow Bells'
Rhododendron 'Loderi King George'
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna
Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
Solanum pseudocapsicum ...
 See also: Plant, Flower, Shrub, Water, Thorn
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