Firethorn Mohave Silver in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Pyracantha 'Mohave Silver'

Firethorn 'Mohave Silver'

Pyracantha is an evergreen, thorny shrub, also known as Firethorn. Useful as a hedging plant it has white flowers in Spring, followed by very colourful berries - yellow, orange or red - that give the shrub its common name of Firethorn. The berries provide colour all through Winter - if not eaten by birds! Mohave Silver' has dark green leaves edged with cream, and clusters of small, creamy-white flowers in Summer, followed by orange-red berries in Autumn and Winter.

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Very little water
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
All soil conditions

plant information

Common name

Firethorn 'Mohave Silver'

Latin name

Pyracantha 'Mohave Silver'

type

Shrub

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

Soil

All soil conditions
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Firethorn Mohave Silver is 3.00meters x 3.00meters

3.00 M 3.00 M

Pyracantha 'Mohave Silver'

Pyracantha is an evergreen, thorny shrub, also known as Firethorn. Useful as a hedging plant it has white flowers in Spring, followed by very colourful berries - yellow, orange or red - that give the shrub its common name of Firethorn. The berries provide colour all through Winter - if not eaten by birds! Mohave Silver' has dark green leaves edged with cream, and clusters of small, creamy-white flowers in Summer, followed by orange-red berries in Autumn and Winter.

Propagating by semi hardwood cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Mid Summer

Semi hardwood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

Flowering

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Flowers appear in Spring, and are followed in late Summer by bright orange berries

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plant in full sun or partial shade.Plant is very thorny so wear gloves when planting.

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