Victory Pyracantha (Firethorn)

Victory Firethorn is a vigorous, tough plant with a spectacular fall and early-winter display of brilliant scarlet berries. It has attractive narrow evergreen leaves of a rich, glossy green, and in spring it is smothered with clusters of creamy-white flowers. It is fast-growing, and soon forms a large shrub, reaching 8 or 10 feet in height, and 6 to 8 feet wide. It is easily trained onto a wall or fence, or trimmed into a hedge. It has thorny branches, so if you grow it beneath a window it is an effective defense against intruders. It can also be grown as a specimen shrub, on a lawn or among other shrubs and small trees. This versatile plant looks attractive all year round, and the display of berries is a spectacular sight, and a highlight of the year in any garden.

• Brilliant fall and winter display of scarlet berries
• Handsome glossy-green evergreen foliage
• Excellent shrub for an impenetrable barrier to intruders
• Easily grown in any sunny spot in well-drained soil
• Normally never eaten by deer

Plant your Victory Firethorn in a sunny location, in well-drained, average garden soil. It is free of pests, and deer usually will not eat this shrub, so it can be used as a barrier to protect other plants from those animals. This is a form of firethorn especially suitable for warm to hot parts of the country, doing better in drought conditions and heat than other, more common types of firethorn bushes. You will love this plant in your garden, and enjoy the vibrant color its brings each fall.