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Old 06-06-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by harry View Post

Get rosa rugosa. Natures own barbed wire and pretty scented flowers to
boot.
Grows quite quickly too.
Yes, that's a good idea. Will grow to 6ft plus, tie it back to keep tidy, every year cut one or two old stems low down to encourage new shoots from the base. Deciduous, but you can get a sufficient tangle of stems for that not to be a problem.
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