Yellow Pyracantha Hedge

Pyracantha firethorn hedge plants with yellow berries. If the oldest leaves are the first to yellow and the yellowing occurs largely on one side of the plant your shrub has been.

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Yellow pyracantha hedge

Most common uses for yellow firethorn hedging. Pyracantha is a dense spiny evergreen shrub so ideal as an intruder deterrent but this variety is also chosen for its profuse long lasting yellow berries in autumn and we also love it for its highly scented creamy flowers in may. To 12 feet tall and wide.

This smell is what makes deer recoil and avoid eating the plant. Heavy producer of big orange red fruit that colors in late summer and lasts well into winter. These are easy to spot as the leaves and often the berries too will be covered in unsightly black scabs.

All along its stems firethorn has wicked thorns and on account of this attribute is also used as a living security fence. This species is one of our most popular prickly hedge plants and is highly recommended for those wanting an intruder proof barrier. Resistant to reblight and scab.

Although it is an evergreen it looks best in the early spring when its showy flowers bloom and give off a powerful aroma. Free standing shrubs merely need unwanted. Zones us ms ls cs.

It is a tough hardy plant which grows quite quickly approx 50cm p a and should be pruned after flowering. The most visible berries are seen on firethorn pyracantha. The practicality of pyracantha partners its beauty as it uses within a garden are plentiful.

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