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Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
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 |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
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. http://www.hilltrident.co.uk/CMSProd...?Product_Id=16 Charlie -- Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
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 Macfadyena unguis-cati, certainly vigorous and has spikes (called cat claw creeper) but I am not sure if the climate is warm enough, it might grow in the south of UK. David |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
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! http://www.hilltrident.co.uk/CMSProd...?Product_Id=16 Charlie http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/c...es/robusta.htm Not evergreen or a vine but effective and you can make rose hip jam plus flowers. Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
In message , respec24
writes 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 The Firethorn (Pyracantha) can certainly provide a pretty daunting barrier within a relatively short period of time. See : http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/plants/pyracantha/1003352/ You may also like to consider holly, Berberis Darwinii, Chaenomeles quince which has several very prickly forms), hawthorn, blackthorn etc.. If it was my problem, I'd got for the Pyracantha or the Berberis - the latter grows very dense and is extremely prickly. Certainly it would deter me if I had burgling tendencies :-)) OOI you may care to review the gardenbanter archive.... see: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/archiv...p/t-21838.html Good luck! -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
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 Wickedly thorny and tough and limbs anything. Big downside is that, if you once let it get out of control, you may not be able to keep in in check. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax_rotundifolia -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
Spikey Thorny Climber Sought !
On Mar 12, 4:32*pm, 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 -- respec24 An antique climbing rose named "mermaid". The cane will get as thick as a broomhandle and has the most evil thorns I've ever seen on a rose. Plus it has decently looking white blooms much of the summer. KC |
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