Pyracantha can be grown from seed but seeds require three months of cold stratification in order to germinate and cultivars won't come true from seed so it is far easier to propagate it from cuttings which, as with many shrubs, is fairly easy to do. Otherwise buy a young plant from a garden centre.
Pyracantha grows very fast, sometimes more than 2 feet a year.
A fantastic evergreen hedge, Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Column' hedge plants – also known as Red Firethorn – are bursting with bright red berries in autumn and winter and pretty, fragrant white flowers in spring.
Scarlet firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) is one of three species of Pyracantha included on the Cal-IPC Inventory of invasive plants. They are evergreen shrubs in the rose family with green leaves and bright red berries. ... All three are included on our list of Plants to Watch.. . . . .364011235701!]0000000000000009783314146888!]
