PYRACANTHA

pĭrˌəkănˈthə or firethorn, any hardwood evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Native from S Europe to W China, pyracanthas are now cultivated elsewhere (often as hedge plants or espaliered on walls) for their red fruits and spiny branches. P. coccinea, also called everlasting thorn, is the most popular; it now grows wild in parts of North America. Pyracantha is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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books on: Pyracantha  - 26 results

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Grace Notes: Poems
Book by Rita Dove; W. W. Norton, 1989
...press edition entitled The OtherSide of the House, published by Pyracantha Press Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona in 1988...The Dance of Death, a portfolio produced by John Risseeuw at Pyracantha Press in 1989.
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Cultural History of Plants
Book by Sir Ghillean Prance, Mark Nesbitt; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Crops--History
...cultivars. See: Plants as Medicines, p. 216 Firethorn Pyracantha Rosaceae Although there are only seven species, native to...P. rogersiana (1911) and P. crenatoserrata (1906). Pyracantha koidzumii , imported from Taiwan to the United States in 1937...
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Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies: Order Passeriformes
Book by Arthur Cleveland Bent; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949
Subjects: Birds--North America, Songbirds
...crop. Howard L. Cogswell tells me that early in spring the robins "take toll from the many red decorative berry bushes Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Eugenia , etc. , which, however, remain practically untouched as long as the camphor berries last." Behavior...
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Pioneers of Plant Study
Book by Ellison Hawks; The Sheldon Press, 1928
Subjects: Botanists, Botany--History
...soils, and "frame" or design of the garden, with its walks, its hedges of Private, Sweete Bryer, White Thorne or Pyracantha , its mazes, mounts, fountains, and arbours. Nearly a thousand plants are described, and 780 are figured in 109 whole...
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The Curtain of Trees: Stories
Book by Alberto Alvaro Ríos; University of New Mexico Press, 1999
Subjects: Fiction, Mexican Americans--Fiction, Mexico--Social Life And Customs--Fiction
...pumping arms of a person running. And I cant understand their voices very well, either. I know the cottonwoods and the pyracantha and all the rest are trying to say something to me, and they give me fruit and yellow and red and pink gifts and sticks and...
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The View from My Window
Journal article by Loel B. Shuler; ETC.: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 66, 2009
Subjects: Communication--Social aspects, Communications--Social aspects, Windows--Location, Windows--Social aspects
...he on me, no longer exists. A dense pyracantha has grown to the height of a small tree...bright orange-red. Towering over the pyracantha rise four- and five-foot-high stems...Siamese cat prowling in the tops of pyracantha bushes, thorns or no thorns, presents...
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The View from My Window
Journal article by Loel B. Shuler; et Cetera, Vol. 66, 2009
Subjects: Museum exhibits, Trees
...he on me, no longer exists. A dense pyracantha has grown to the height of a small tree...bright orange-red. Towering over the pyracantha rise four- and five-foot-high stems...Siamese cat prowling in the tops of pyracantha bushes, thorns or no thorns, presents...
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The God of Florida
Journal article by Debora Greger; New England Review, Vol. 19, 1998
Subjects: Poetry
...the way . Make straight a highway down the beach. December, lets go. Its time to head south like the robins. Drunk on pyracantha berries, they splash in the streets where Hells Angels slouch toward Daytona to be reborn. The Second Coming To the gopher...


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magazine articles on: Pyracantha  - 19 results

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Berries to Decorate Your Garden
Magazine article by Steven R. Lorton; Sunset, Vol. 207, October 2001
Subjects: Berries, Flowers & plants, Gardens & gardening, Trees
...to otherwise dull spots. Some, like pyracantha, work well as espaliers, bringing...visitors gobble hcautyherry, cotoneaster, pyracantha, town. and viburnum. among others...climates. Zones 2-12, 14-24. PYRACANTHA. Commonly called firethorn, this shrub...
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An Espalier for All Seasons
Magazine article by Kathleen N. Brenzel; Sunset, Vol. 200, April 1998
...for All Seasons by Kathleen N. Brenzel * In spring, the pyracantha espaliered against Eric Holdemans front wall in Puyallup...mounted to I -by-2 spacers against the wall. Then he planted pyracantha from a 1 -gallon can at its base. The plant completely covered...
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First Gardens
Magazine article by Kathleen Norris Brenzel; Sunset, Vol. 196, March 1996
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Gardens & gardening, Landscaping
...the nursery." THREE SEASONS OF FLORAL GRAPHICS A SINGLE PYRACANTHA, trained against a trellis, hangs like an ever-changing...painted it white to match the house trim. Then he planted the pyracantha (from a gallon can) at the base. It took four years for...
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Easy & Elegant Wreaths
Magazine article by Kathleen N. Brenzel; Sunset, Vol. 205, December 2000
Subjects: Christmas, Handicrafts
...rose hips, California pepper berries, nandina berries, and pyracantha berries. Many shapes of cones are available; if trees in...less pricey substitute is rose hips, eucalyptus pods, or pyracantha or holly berries. TIME: Three hours COST: $40 (plus about...
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The Dark Arts
Magazine article by Olwen Foy; Film Ireland, Spring 2010
...these as a cross between the hard texture of an exo-skeieton and the precise form of an extended thorn, such as those on a pyracantha bush. I continued this concept to the legs, which gave them a method of attaching to the trees with their pointed sharp...
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newspaper articles on: Pyracantha  - 187 results

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Black Day for Pyracantha; Ask It EXPERT ADVICE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 9, 2008
Black Day for Pyracantha; Ask It EXPERT ADVICE. Q WHY are the berries on my pyracantha turning black? - Penny Wright, Loughborough, Leics A ADRIENNE SAYS: It has pyracantha scab. If it is not too severely affected, spray the bush with a...
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Best of the Bunch; Pyracantha (Firetham)
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 4, 2008
Best of the Bunch; Pyracantha (Firetham). If youre looking for...berries, look no further than the pyracantha - a hardy, evergreen shrub which...Aurea" if you want yellow berries. Pyracanthas thrive in any reasonable garden soil...
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WATCH THESE BEAUTIES CLIMB UP YOUR WALLS; Add Some Dazzling Colour to Your Walls, Brighten Your Fences and Give Your Home a Wonderfully Welcoming Look with Some Carefully-Chosen Climbers
Newspaper article by Alan Titchmarsh; The People (London, England), September 6, 1998
...likes rich drained soil. Firethorn (Pyracantha, 4.5m) - dark evergreen leaves...hydrangea, jasminum, lonicera (some), pyracantha. For south, or west-facing walls...magnolia, passiflora, polygonum, pyracantha, ribes, vitis, wisteria. For east...
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Have Yourself a Berry Christmas
Newspaper article by Pippa Greenwood; The Mirror (London, England), December 21, 1996
...pruned out during April or early May. Pyracantha is a glossy-leaved evergreen ideal...flowers. The two varieties on offer are Pyracantha Orange Glow producing orange/red berries and Pyracantha Gold Charm with vivid golden yellow...
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Don't Leave 'Em High and Dry!
Newspaper article by Charles Lyte; The People (London, England), July 28, 1996
...are a real bonus and the firethorn (Pyracantha) has BOTH - white summer flowers and...and VAT. Send orders to: The People Pyracantha Offer, PO Box 807, Harrow, Middlesex...postal orders payable to: The People Pyracantha Offer MGN 483 and write your name and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pyracantha  - 3 results

 
 
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Pyracantha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PYRACANTHA pir kan th or firethorn...evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the family Rosaceae...from S Europe to W China, pyracanthas are now cultivated elsewhere...parts of North America. Pyracantha is classified in the division...
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Firethorn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FIRETHORN see pyracantha . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ornamentals, e.g., the fruit trees and bushes mentioned and also the antelope brush , Christmasberry , mountain ash , pyracantha , and shadbush . Many genera have species that are native wildflowers of the United States; in addition to many of those...


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