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Bushes required

Bush to stop climbing 6 foot fence
hopefully something cheap also pickerly the better
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  • pyracantha http://www.pyracantha.co.uk/pyracanthas I have lots of these growing up my fences a great burglar deterrent too .
    Acouple of years ago put some in and they are now approaching 6ft high against a sunny fence
  • Elsewhere
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    edited 12 November 2013 at 10:54PM
    Holly is cheap - even free. You can have as much of ours as you want!. Or blackberry - roses - hawthorn.

    Berberis is cheap to buy and prickly too.
  • Eenymeeny
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    We had a particularly vicious berberis in our garden when we first moved here. We left one in a 'vulnerable spot' but dug out the rest. Please remember that you need to prune these things, which is a very unpleasant job. If you really want them, (and I know that sometimes they're a necessity) rosa rugosa is used a lot in municipal plantings. (Hangs on to all of the old carrier bags too! :( )
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  • Farway
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    edited 14 November 2013 at 12:11PM
    pyracantha http://www.pyracantha.co.uk/pyracanthas I have lots of these growing up my fences a great burglar deterrent too .
    Acouple of years ago put some in and they are now approaching 6ft high against a sunny fence

    A second for this, bees / hoverflies love the blossom, bird love the autumn berries, at the moment I have blackbirds & robins eating my yellow berries

    Come in red, orange or yellow berry versions, so you could mix them
    When an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray
  • Farway wrote: »
    A second for this, bees / hoverflies love the blossom, bird love the autumn berries, at the moment I have blackbirds & robins eating my yelow berries

    Come in red, orange or yellow berry versions, so you could mix them
    Ditto go for this
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