‘Heyden’s Yellow’ 
‘Hodginsii’ 
‘Howard's Dark Red’ 
‘Implexa’ 
‘Improved’ 
(Tom Dodd Nursery, Semmes, Alabama. Catalog, p. 8. 1967-68, as P. 
formosana ‘Heyden’s Yellow’, without description). Plants received at» 
U.S. National Arboretum, March 23, 1963, as ‘Heyden’s Hi-Yellow’. 
Letter November 30, 1965, John D. Heydens, C.W. Stuart & Co., Colum- 
bus, Mississippi : Fruit bright yellow, large clusters; seedling selected in 
1959 by John Heydens; cultivar to be renamed ‘Heyden’s Bright Yellow’. 
[Have found no publication of this proposed name.] 
Also sold as ‘Heyden’s High Yellow’ 
Yellow Orange 15A, RHS 
(Hazlewood Bros. Pty., Epping, New South Wales, Australia. Catalog. 
1934, as Crataegus ‘Hodginsii’ [not seen]) : Evergreen, to 12 ft; fruit 
orange red, large clusters. Ibid., p. 129. 1936, as Pyracantha 
‘Hodginsii’. Letters November 11, 1960 and January 12, 1962, Walter 
G. Hazlewood, Hazlewood Bros. : P. ‘Hodginsii’ came from China; 
named for Captain Hodgins, a merchant captain who traded in China 
and was a brother of a nurseryman in Essendon, Victoria, Australia. 
Probably no longer in cultivation. 
(Hemet Wholesale, Hemet, California. Catalog, p. 3. 1957-58, without 
description). 
(A. Lavallée. Arboretum Segrezianum, p. 89. 1877, as P. coccinea var. 
implexa, without description). 
P. coccinea 
(Monrovia Nursery. American Nurseryman 105(9):54. 1957, as P. 
coccinea ‘Improved') : Hardy, compact grower; taller than var. 
pauciflora; evergreen; fruit more on red side; withstands temperatures 
to —20 °F. Monrovia Nursery, Azusa, California. Catalog, p. 66. 1957-58 
: Fruit more red than most P. coccinea. 
P. coccinea 
Orange Red 30A-32A, RHS 
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