Natures Beauties close ups

[Jediboy]

Originally Posted by nick_gray

I'm pretty sure you've got firethorn/pyracantha Pyracantha angustifolia, although the leaves in your photos are thinner and more pointed than in my reference books, so it might be a different species or cultivar. Having said that some cotoneasters also look a bit like pyracantha.

Regards

Nick

I've googled this and it does, to my untrained eye, look like pyracantha. Thanks for helping with this, I really should know what I'm taking photos of.
Cheers
Chris

[Jediboy]

Sorry to hijack the thread Mark, I was just keen to tap into Nicks knowledge.

[nick_gray]

I'm still not convinced by the pointed and smooth edges to the leaves in your photo. If you can check the plant again, if it has spines/thorns on the stems it's a pyracantha if not then it's a cotoneaster, possibly Cotoneaster frigidus 'Cornubia' which seems to have a closer leaf shape to your photo - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=co...w=1489&bih=946

Sorry for any confusion. But if you look at images for both plants, you'll see how similar they look.

Nick