The soft fresh growth doesn't really have the thorny growth, these develop and enlarge on the older more woody growth. Some of these thorns can be real monsters, several inches long but they aren't that numerous and easily hidden by growth.
We have a massive pyracantha in our back garden and if it's anything like ours it will look stunning when covered in flowers in the spring and then again when covered in vibrant berries in the autumn, at least until the black birds gorge themselves on them.
Wow! You’d all give Sherlock Holmes a good run for his money! The photos were taken at the end of May. We’ve only ever seen the house in April/May. And it is in indeed in Gerrards Cross and was for sale. We looked at it but it wasn’t right for us - I was quite seduced by the foliage tho and the house that we’re actually now buying could benefit from something similar so I’m keen to know what it is. From what I recall it didn’t seem very spiky but as I say it was late spring.
At start I was confused as I thought pics were taken recently..puzzled by lack of berries/thorns Pics taken in spring. I now agree with everyone else....Pyracantha ..superbly pruned...so healthy
@fire. If you put a photo on here that you’ve taken, with a little bit of computer knowledge you can copy that photo and find its location and the date it was taken. people don’t realise how much they can be tracked and traced on forums. I help run a site that I keep locked, when someone wants to join I can find out quite a bit before deciding whether to let them in or not.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
They're superb when cloud pruned @Fire If they're done as topiary, they're less thorny because the foliage is kept new and fresh, rather than hardening up and getting jaggy. I love Pyracantha, but I know a lot of folk don't. Another valuable plant for wildlife too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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We have a massive pyracantha in our back garden and if it's anything like ours it will look stunning when covered in flowers in the spring and then again when covered in vibrant berries in the autumn, at least until the black birds gorge themselves on them.
@Marlorena - how did you know?
Pics taken in spring.
I now agree with everyone else....Pyracantha ..superbly pruned...so healthy
people don’t realise how much they can be tracked and traced on forums.
I help run a site that I keep locked, when someone wants to join I can find out quite a bit before deciding whether to let them in or not.
If they're done as topiary, they're less thorny because the foliage is kept new and fresh, rather than hardening up and getting jaggy. I love Pyracantha, but I know a lot of folk don't. Another valuable plant for wildlife too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...