🌿 Scarlet Firethorn is a vigorous, upright shrub, growing 10–18 feet tall and wide, with stiff, spreading stems armed with sharp thorns. Its glossy, dark green leaves are semi-evergreen to evergreen, oblong-lanceolate, and 1–2 inches long. In late spring, tight clusters of creamy white flowers appear, followed by abundant, bright orange-red berries in late summer that persist through winter. The berries attract birds such as cedar waxwings and add visual interest to floral arrangements and wreaths. Twigs are slender and initially pubescent, turning glabrous with age, while bark is smooth reddish-brown with numerous lenticels.
🌸 Flower Color: Creamy white
🌱 Plant Type: Semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub
🍒 Fruit: Small pome, bright orange-red, 1/4 inch, clustered, persistent
🌍 Origin: Europe, Southwestern Asia
💧 Habitat: Adaptable; tolerates heat, drought, poor soils, and urban conditions
Scarlet Firethorn is suitable for formal or informal hedges, espalier training, trellises, bonsai, and wildlife gardens. Its dense, thorny structure provides shelter and food for birds. The shrub tolerates drought once established and is hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Flowering occurs on old wood, so pruning is recommended after bloom or in autumn/early spring.
🌿 Cultivation & Ecology Scarlet Firethorn Seeds (Pyracantha coccinea)
The shrub grows rapidly, spreading long, flexible stems. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers moist, well-drained soil but adapts to compacted, poor, and urban soils. It is cold, heat, and wind tolerant and moderately resistant to pests and diseases. Pruning should be done carefully due to thorns, but shaping enhances flower and fruit display.
🪴 Growing Tips:
Pretreatment: Soak seeds in water 24 h
Stratification: 3–4 months in moist medium at 2–5°C
Sowing Depth: 3.2 mm (cover lightly)
Sowing Mix: Coir or sowing mix + sand/perlite
Temperature: Min. 18°C
Light: Bright, indirect light
Moisture: Keep soil consistently moist, not waterlogged
Germination: Variable; patience required
🌸 Uses & Benefits Scarlet Firethorn Seeds (Pyracantha coccinea)
Ornamental hedge or screen
Espalier and trellis training
Bonsai cultivation
Wildlife attraction (birds)
Cold, heat, drought, and urban tolerant
🔗 Related Categories
🌿 Ornamental Shrubs
🌸 Bird-Friendly Plants
💧 Drought & Urban Tolerant Species
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