NATURE'S 30 BURGLAR PREVENTING PLANTS

[NorthernRaider]

NATURE'S 30 BURGLAR PREVENTING PLANTS
Using ornamental plants like this is a very subtle way of inproving the security around the perimeter of your home, it’s a lot more nasty than a fence and completely legal unlike razor wire.

Creeping Juniper - Juniperis horizontalis 'Wiltonii' - Also known as 'Blue Rug', has a thorny stem and foliage.

Blue spruce has dense, spiky needles
Blue Spruce - Picea pungens 'Globosa' - Rigid branches, irregular dense blue, spiky needles.
Common Holly - Ilex agulfolium - Large evergreen shrub, dark green spiked leaves.
Giant Rhubarb - Gunnera manicata - Giant rhubarb-like leaves on erect stems, abrasive foliage. Can grow up to 2.5m high.
Golden Bamboo - Phyllostachys aurea- Very graceful, forming thick clumps of up to 3.5m high. Less invasive than other bamboos.
Chinese Jujube - Zizyphus sativa - Medium sized tree with very spiny pendulous branches.
Firethorn - Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' - Flowers white in June, with bright orange-red berries. Thorny stem.
Shrub Rose - Rosa 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' - Excellent ground cover, pale pink flowers, very thorny stem. May to September.

Firethorn, or pyracantha, is a tough, very spiky ornamental evergreen shrub that has creamy-white flowers in spring
Pencil Christmas Tree - Picea abias 'Cupressina' - Medium-sized tree of columnar habit, with ascending spiky branches.
Juniper - Juniperus x media 'Old Gold' - Evergreen. Golden-tipped foliage. Prickly foliage.
Purple Berberis - Berberis thunbergil 'Atropurpurea'- Has a thorny stem.
Mountain Pine - Pinus mugo 'Mughus'- Is a very hardy, large shrub or small tree, with long sharp needles.
Blue Pine - Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'- Small to medium-sized tree, spiky needled stem, densely conical habit, with vividly glaucous blue leaves. Likes moist, rich soil.
Oleaster - Elaeagnus angustifolia - Small deciduous tree, about 4.5 to 6 m (15 to 20 feet) that is hardy, wind resistant, tolerant of poor, dry sites, and thus useful in windbreak hedges.

Blackthorn, or Prunus spinosa, is a native deciduous plant which makes a dense hedge with thick, long thorns
Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa - Also called Sloe; spiny shrub. Its dense growth makes it suitable for hedges.
Fuschia-flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum - Fruit bush, spiny, produces greenish to greenish-pink flowers in clusters of two or three.
The following thorny plants can also be considered: Aralia, Chaenomeles, Colletia, Crataegus (including hawthorn/may), Hippophae (sea buckthorn), Maclura, Mahonia, Oplopanax, Osmanthus, Poncirus, Rhamnus, Rosa (climbing & shrub roses), Rubus (bramble), Smilax Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum).


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[Mosstrooper]

that's a good list
I found a vary small plant growing in my garden (didn't know what it was) so I let it grow.
turns out that its a climbing wild rose that so far has climbed six feet and im currently training it along the fence and across the top of the gate (approx 5-6 feet).
I`m pretty impressed by the speed its grown ...... sadly no fruit !....... but for free

[Steve]

Gorse is popping seed right now, so you can collect it.

The seeds are in small black furry pods, typically 4-6 per pod. It's not a fast grower, only about a foot per year, but the seeds are free. It likes a well drained sunny site best.