With robust, skeletal branches and narrow, dark, evergreen leaves, ‘Red Star’ provides valuable structure to your planting. From May to June pretty white flowers are produced in profusion – much to the delight of pollinators, particularly bees. Spherical, bright scarlet berries follow in autumn and winter, providing shelter and sustenance to birds and other small mammals. It is also worth noting that Pyracantha coccinea ‘Red Star’ has less thorns than many other cultivars. Known commonly as ‘Firethorn’, because of the vibrancy and profusion of the berries, pyracantha can be grown as a free-standing shrub which, when planted ‘en masse’, forms a wonderfully protective hedge. Alternatively, your plants can be trained against a wall or fence within cottage or informal garden settings to offer colourful and beneficial screening.