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Uncle Marvo · 15-09-2006, 09:16 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In reply to Serene Blue ) who wrote
this in , I, Marvo, say :

Hi all,
After the umpteenth burglary at "casa bleu", I need to resort to some
stiff security steps.

I want to stop "yoofs" climbing onto my garage flat roof, and sneaking
into the back yard, where they proceed to help themselves to my hard
earned money/boot my doggy/steal my cars. I am not really keen on
razor wire and don't want to reapply for my firearms license at this
moment.

I want to plant some thorny barriers. And was thinking of a double row
of Hawthorn hedging around the rear of the garage for people to
castrate themselved by jumping into, and some kind of a pot-borne
climbing rose trailing over the front of the garage, and along the
longer side.

Would Hawthorn (C. Monogyna?) damage walls or foundations if grown
slap up againt the rear wall of the garage? How about common Gorse?
My garden soil is moist, clay like (Liverpool Weather) and partially
shaded.

Also could you suggest a very thorny, fast growing evergreen climber I
could grow over the front door/roofline of the garage and along one of
the longer sides? The longer side needs to be covered by a climber
that is happy to grow from a pot, if possble, otherwise I will need
to take off a pavement slab and plant it in the ground right up
against the wall of the house.

I would like a solution that is kind and welcoming to the birdies and
beasties that visit my garden at this moment, something that offers
them food and protection would be especially nice.

Is there a thorny barrier that is evergreen/non deciduous that I can
stick along the fence as well? Hopefully with a bird and building
friendly characteristic?

Burglaris Disembowlis

Really, I've seenit in action. I think the name might be made up, but the
plant is real. Perhaps it /is/ a pyrocanthus. You can google it.