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| Hello, mine is unusual request I expect.
I want the most thorny dog-rose bush or thorny varieties of blackberry that
I can plant.
My front garden is open plan, I cannot fence it in.
I cannot stop some local footballers running over my front garden!
Can you advise what would be best planted to stop them running through my
garden please.
Barry,
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| Bob Hobden 2006-04-08, 8:21 pm |
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"Barry" wrote
> Hello, mine is unusual request I expect.
>
> I want the most thorny dog-rose bush or thorny varieties of blackberry
> that I can plant.
>
> My front garden is open plan, I cannot fence it in.
>
> I cannot stop some local footballers running over my front garden!
>
> Can you advise what would be best planted to stop them running through my
> garden please.
>
Pyracantha.
Quite cheap and available everywhere. Can make a hedge of it if you want,
will have soso flowers but excellent autumn/winter berries (come in
different colours) and two inch needle sharp thorns all over.
You will eventually need welding gloves to prune it. :-)
--
Regards
Bob
"Never get so busy making a living
that you forget to make a life"
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"Barry" <scanman223@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:DMWdnWefn58lsaXZnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d@brightview.com...
> Hello, mine is unusual request I expect.
>
> I want the most thorny dog-rose bush or thorny varieties of blackberry
> that I can plant.
>
> My front garden is open plan, I cannot fence it in.
>
> I cannot stop some local footballers running over my front garden!
>
> Can you advise what would be best planted to stop them running through my
> garden please.
>
> Barry,
>
Berberis is very effective if a little slow growing Quince very effective
nastiest by a long way is Himalayan Giant Blackberry very big thorns but be
warned they are vigorous beyond belief and once planted a royal pain to
remove- any bits you miss regenerate
( three years after removing and glyphostate treatment and they still
return)
Derek
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| Dwayne 2006-04-09, 12:21 pm |
| I would go with roses. They can be kept to the size you want and will look
very nice while keeping out the unwanted.
Dwayne (From Kansas)
"Barry" <scanman223@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:DMWdnWefn58lsaXZnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d@brightview.com...
> Hello, mine is unusual request I expect.
>
> I want the most thorny dog-rose bush or thorny varieties of blackberry
> that I can plant.
>
> My front garden is open plan, I cannot fence it in.
>
> I cannot stop some local footballers running over my front garden!
>
> Can you advise what would be best planted to stop them running through my
> garden please.
>
> Barry,
>
>
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| Many thanks for your help, I have bought some Pyracantha.
I do like roses but I had trouble with black spot when I last had some, but
I expect that was my fault!
Barry
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