Security hedges

[Watercourse management]

Thanks chaps for your suggestions,I think a nice little mix of some of the above will provide a good solution,will have a word with a friend of mine and check out what he has got on the nursery.thanks Simon

[david wood]

dont forget to mix in some kifsgate rose, most god awful stuff!

 

nice hooked thorns so trying to fight it is bad day, comes through type c saw trousers in a second. Grows like mad.

 

horrid stuff but i dare anyone to wade through it

[Haironyourchest]

- and chuck a couple of fake skeletons in there as well!

[markieg31]

i think a hawthorn hedge that has been nibbled by horses creates an impenetrable barrier not to mention the extra savage thorns. something about hawthorn that has been trimmed makes it turn even more savage.

had a solar site to clear last year. The site had countless hawthorn bushes on it as well as some travellers horses that had been on it for a long time. That is the worst thorn i have ever had to deal with. trying to get that through the chipper! by time i had finished chainsawing it it did need to be chiped!!!!

[kcstevens]

There's a type of berberis, darwinii i think, looks nice, (fruit and flowers) but the spikes on that mother trucker don't even question welding gauntlets. Cutting that down is a "pitch fork straight in the back of the truck no chipping game". Just my tuppence worth 👍

 

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[dumper]

I would try Poncirus trifoliata stock proof deer proof curved thorns sharper than needles

[George Gorman]

Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea Hedging

Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea is the purple-red leaved variety of Japanese Barberry. With its vandal-proof, vicious spines and springy, arching stems, this medium sized shrub makes a very good prickly hedge or specimen bush. It is an ornamental plant, decked out with small yellow, pink-tinged flowers in spring that mature into bright red, inedible berries in summer. The small leaves are purple for most of the year, bursting into a red Autumn display. It is a thorny shrub that makes a great hedge plant, suitable for any well drained soil. Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea is quite shade tolerant.

and is good for hedges up to 2-3 metres high. You can also have a look at our other varieties of Berberis plants for sale.

 

Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea hedge plants are delivered bareroot during winter (Nov-March) and pot-grown year round. Bareroot bushes are cheaper than pot grown plants. Pot grown shrubs are available in the largest sizes.

 

Choosing a size:

When you are ordering Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea plants for a hedge, we generally recommend that you use plants that are graded at 40/60cms. They are cheaper than larger plants, easier to handle and they will establish well in poor conditions. All our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots or pots aren't measured).

 

Spacing a Purple Barberry hedge:

Plant Berberis Atropurpurea hedging at 3 plants per metre, 33cms apart.

 

History & uses of Red Japanese Barberry: This species was introduced to Europe from Japan in the 1860's and these red-purple forms were cultivated in the early 20th Century.

 

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