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Plant: Victory - Pyracantha
Pyracantha · Pyracantha coccinea 'Victory'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Victory is a late fruiting firethorn carrying tight corymbs of small white flowers in spring and early summer, followed by orange-red berries that mature in autumn and hold on the arching, thorny branches through winter for the birds. The glossy dark green foliage is evergreen to semi-evergreen and the shrub grows rapidly, sometimes more than two feet a year. Give it full sun and a well drained clay, loam or sandy soil; it tolerates hot dry conditions, is moderately salt tolerant and is deer resistant. Use it as a hedge, screen, bank cover or espalier, keeping it clear of walkways because the stems carry sharp spines.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Victory is a late fruiting firethorn carrying tight corymbs of small white flowers in spring and early summer, followed by orange-red berries that mature in autumn and hold on the arching, thorny branches through winter for the birds. The glossy dark green foliage is evergreen to semi-evergreen and the shrub grows rapidly, sometimes more than two feet a year. Give it full sun and a well drained clay, loam or sandy soil; it tolerates hot dry conditions, is moderately salt tolerant and is deer resistant. Use it as a hedge, screen, bank cover or espalier, keeping it clear of walkways because the stems carry sharp spines.
- Flowers
- White, five-petaled flowers about 1/3 inch wide with an unpleasant odor, in tight clusters 2 to 3 inches long on spurs of last year's growth, blooming spring into early summer.
- Foliage
- Shiny, dark green, alternate, simple leaves 1 to 2.5 inches long, narrowly elliptic, ovate or lanceolate, evergreen to semi-evergreen with paler hairy undersides.
- Fruit
- Orange-red pomes that mature in autumn in tight clusters and persist through winter.
- Bark & stems
- Reddish-brown, smooth bark with many lenticels. Young stems are hairy at first, then smooth and glossy, and are covered in spines under an inch long.
- Pruning
- Can become overgrown quickly and needs regular pruning; thorns make pruning difficult. It can be sheared, but severe pruning right after flowering will affect fruit set.
- Native range
- Southern Central and Southern Europe to Iran
