Lowboy scarlet firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Lowboy'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall6 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Lowboy' scarlet firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea 'Lowboy') is a shrub for borders, hedges, ground cover, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It is evergreen, drought tolerant, and salt tolerant, and bees and birds visit it. Deer tend to pass it by. Give it room, since it spreads 72 to 96 inches wide.
Pairs well with Western redbud, Fountain grass, and California poppy.