Q: We have a 6-year-old pyracantha. The problem is we had no berries the first three years, then it did great for a year, the next two years the berries were brown, and this year we had no flowers or ...

Q: We have a pyracantha that blossoms heavily and sets berries, but when the berries are about to ripen, they turn black. What's up? A: That sounds like pyracantha scab, a fungal disease that's fairly ...

Q: Why do the berries on my pyracantha bush turn black each year? What is causing this and what can I do? Answer: Pyracantha is sometimes affected by a disease know as pyracantha scab. The leaves get ...

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 ...

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 ...

TIME was when firethorn, or pyracantha, was one of the most reliable and toughest garden shrubs. It was a standard item in garden centres and widely planted in gardens, usually as a wall shrub but ...

I can’t remember how many times I have read, or said, that the best shrubs should have at least two, if not three things going for them if they are to earn their keep in small gardens. Pyracantha has ...