"Travis" wrote in message
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Valkyrie wrote:
I'm looking for a good hardy shrub that will grow in Seattle that
has nasty thorns and will inflict painful and possibly slight
maiming and some shredding of clothing.

Blackberries.

Hawthorne, english gorse. Grevillea (might be too damp for that though).

ant