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

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
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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

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

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

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

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!

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

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

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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

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 !