Pyracantha crenato-serrata
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
- Frost limit
- −17.8 °C
Cultivation
Prefers a good well-drained, moisture retentive loamy soil. Susceptible to scab and fireblight. A good bee plant. Closely related to P. atalantioides and P. rogersiana.
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the cold frame for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of almost mature wood, 5 - 10cm with a heel, mid-August in a cold frame.
Edible uses
Fruit.
Medicinal uses
A decoction of the leaves and/or the fruit is used in the treatment of fevers. The fresh leaves are crushed and applied externally to boils and abscesses.
Habitat
Hillsides, roadsides and waste places.
Native range
E. Asia - N. China.