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Used to have loads of those when I was 'into' cacti Newt, at one time had over 100 different varieties plus another 150 other cacti/succulents (and some of them are hardy in England with a little help).

 

How about gorse? pretty easy to grow and with more stabby bits than a porcupine convention.

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Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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You just made my mouth water Newt! I haven't had any of those prickly pears since leaving South Africa!

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PYRACANTHA or BERBERIS!! Both bloody good hedges, grow to a reasonable height within 4/5 years and tough as old boots with some species having fantastic flowers and berries to feed an army! Ken may be able to do some better? But CERTAINLY stopped the light fingered larries where I used to live from pinching my ruddy bedding plants!!

 

Spot on, I would put Berberis at the top for growth and density Atropurpurea recomended for hedges, foliage reddish-purple, you could inter-plant with Aggregata and Darwinii for an interesting hedge all year round.

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Picture of our garden Beech hedging in its winter colours. As rabbit has mentioned, it is only now throwing off the copper leaves for the new green ones. The Sparrows live in it all year round.

 

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PYRACANTHA grows rampant and has brittle two inch thorns that are covered in resin that will cause you a lot of pain if you brush against it whist trying to cut it. I once had one go between my ribs and didn't realise until a couple of days latter when I was struggling to breathe. I found it and pulled out a dirty great spike from my side.

 

Personally, I'd stick with a native like hawthorn or beech.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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You just made my mouth water Newt! I haven't had any of those prickly pears since leaving South Africa!
I just KNEW there had to be something we both liked KB :)

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You just made my mouth water Newt! I haven't had any of those prickly pears since leaving South Africa!

They do make a fine jelly/jam, don't they?

 

Gaffer - I can tell you for certain that once you get a good stand of prickly pear growing, it will keep folks from walking through it. The stuff probably has the widest range of conditions it can tolerate of any of the cactus species too.

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this old rose is as tough as boots ,trains easily along wires and fights with a vengeance ,so so flowers but huge hips but stems only in the winter .

 

less than a foot wide if its trained well

 

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