What kind of hedge is this

GLENNFALLON · 27-05-2017 8:22pm #1

Hi.

Can anyone help identify this for me. It's in my dad's garden, but he doesn't know what it is. It has these flowers at the moment, but in the winter it has a orange berry. Would it be suitable for hedge. Thanks

looksee · 27-05-2017 9:08pm

Pic? (Might be a pyracantha

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GLENNFALLON · 27-05-2017 9:11pm

Hi this is it

looksee · 27-05-2017 9:16pm

Yes that looks like a pyracantha aka firethorn. Yes they make a good hedge.

GrumpyMe · 28-05-2017 7:34am

GLENNFALLON wrote: »

Hi.

Can anyone help identify this for me. It's in my dad's garden, but he doesn't know what it is. It has these flowers at the moment, but in the winter it has a orange berry. Would it be suitable for hedge. Thanks

Just be aware the Romans rejected Pyracantha for the "Crown of Thorns" because they considered it would be too cruel!

http://pop.h-cdn.co/assets/17/03/980x656/firethorn_pyracantha_1.jpg

_Brian · 28-05-2017 7:58am

Yea, we had one at our last house and I hated the damn thing, razor sharp barbs were the sharpest I'd seen on any plant, often planted as a security fence.

One thing though, they're slow growing, it would take quite a while to make a hedge.

What kind of hedge is this

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