harrycatcat1 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 I have this orange flowering bush just behind our front wall. When it flowers it's really nice. I have not cut the height for a couple of years so it's flowered but I have trimmed it back away from the wall last year so its not flowered in that area. I have a few questions for those in the know please. 1/ what is it called? 2/ when is the best time to trim it? 3/ does it flower every year or every other? Any other advice will be gratefully received. Picture to follow when I've reduced it in size 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Oh was expecting another GU related topic. Pyracantha Lots of help on th RHS website that I cannot access from work. Edited March 30, 2020 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Oh was expecting another GU related topic. Pyracantha Lots of help on th RHS website that I cannot access from work. Thank you 👍 This says white flowers mine has orange flowers 🤔🤔🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Then we may have to wait for Jdog to sort out the flower colour. Does yours have good thorns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Looks more like Berberis to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said: Looks more like Berberis to me Agreed. It looks like B. darwinii. It can and should flower every year provided that if it is trimmed back, or even cut hard back, it is done at the right time. The shrub should flower until the end of April and then it should be trimmed or cut back. Like a lot of shrubs it flowers on the incremental growth from the previous year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 39 minutes ago, JDog said: Agreed. It looks like B. darwinii. It can and should flower every year provided that if it is trimmed back, or even cut hard back, it is done at the right time. The shrub should flower until the end of April and then it should be trimmed or cut back. Like a lot of shrubs it flowers on the incremental growth from the previous year. Thank you very much, so if I cut it after it's flowered it should flower again next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Yep berberis and yes give it a trim after it has flowered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Thanks everyone for your advice 👍👍 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Then we may have to wait for Jdog to sort out the flower colour. Does yours have good thorns? No it doesn't have thorns as such the leaves are like holly but very much smaller and are super sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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