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Old 07-08-2003, 08:42 PM
Rusty
 
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Default 2nd try for Berberis help


"Mike Fitz" wrote:
Can someone please tell me what is the quickest growing (to about 1metre),
and roughest to the touch Berberis? I need to replace a small hedge that
idiots keep uprooting! also does anyone know where online would supply
the same?
Thanks
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Berberis gagnepainii lanceifolia should fit the bill. It is a dense growing
evergreen from China with just the sort of leaves you require to keep out
those idiots, crinkly with a good set of teeth! Yellow flowers in May
followed later by good oval black berries.
Check out: http://www.pdavisnurseries.freeserve...l/rshrubs.html

Rusty