In article , J. Del Col
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"Sheepkeeper" wrote in message
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We are looking for the thorniest climber possible to discourage skateboard
toting teenagers from jumping our fence and taking a shortcut to the arcade.
Any suggestions for the central California coast? You can see us at
www.springlakespark.com

Try Seafoam--lots of sturdy,absolutely vicious thorns, vigorous
growth, abundant,sweet scented flowers. It isn't a climber, but it
gets big enough.

Unless they are wearing full body armor, the skateboarders won't mess
with
Seafoam more than once.

I grow rugosas, some of the thorniest roses around, but they are no
match for Seafoam in terms of sheer painful nastiness.

I'll match you a Sea Foam and raise you a Silver Moon. Or Fortune's
Double Yellow:

http://home.earthlink.net/~cbernstei...sFuchsiaScimit
ars.jpg

I vote for Phyllis Bide - plenty prickly. She is repeat flowering,
grows quickly on her own roots, and gets very big:

http://home.earthlink.net/~cbernstei...isB28May02.jpg