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respec24 · 14-03-2009, 09:56 PM

Great if extreme suggestions people !
I think the 'Pyracantha sparkler' looks great but I don't much like the orange or red berries, does anyone kow if it is available with any other colour like the yellow ?
I love the honey locust ! Might take a few burglars out on those spikes !
Obviously I'd prefer an automatic rifle like some of you lucky yanks !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie[_2_]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:16:55 -0700, Billy
wrote:

In article , Charlie wrote:

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:32:19 +0000, respec24
wrote:

I'm searching for a tough, hardy, evergreen climber to protect from
burglars an exposed easily climbed front wall in the UK. Ideally with
huge spikes, local garden centres only have 'firethorn' with prehaps 1
or 2cm spikes but I have seen in the past somewhere a plant with 3 or
4cm plus evil spikes !?
Please help !
Pete

Not evergreen, but effective!

Effective indeed but it lacks the warmth and charm of, say, a hedge of
hawthorn. Well, good show, carry on.

I shall, thank you.

To hell with charm, if burglars or danger is involved. Though it's
not an entirely unattractive tree, why not plant a hedge of Honey
Locust...thick edible pod juice stuff, sweet as syrup, and serious
thorny deterrent properties.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~indiancr...les/Thorns.jpg

http://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/wp-...6/01/thorn.jpg

Anyone who has ever run afoul of this tree knows what I'm talkin'
about. Don't know if available in the UK, most people wouldn't care,
as it rapidly overgrows areas.

--
Charlie

“Truths and roses have thorns about them.”
Henry David Thoreau