Security hedges - prickly plants
Thorny plants make excellent security hedges, deterring with their fearsome spines or prickles. Many are evergreen, providing year round screening and interest in the garden. Some flower, attracting pollinators or have berries, which the birds love.
Plants (147)
Hippophae rhamnoides
Sea buckthorn, Cornish seaberry
Ilex aquifolium 'Angustifolia'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata Pendula'
Perry's silver weeping holly, Silver-margined holly, Broad leaved silver holly
Ilex aquifolium 'Aurea Marginata'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox Aurea'
Golden hedgehog holly, Hedgehog holly
Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Milkboy'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Queen'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Van Tol'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Green Pillar'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Laurifolia'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis Fructu Luteo'
Yellow fruited holly
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Milkboy'
Common holly
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Milkmaid'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn, Sloe berry
Prunus spinosa 'Plena'
Blackthorn, Sloe berry
Prunus spinosa 'Purpurea'
Blackthorn, Sloe berry
Pyracantha 'Mohave Silver'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Navaho'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Teton'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Lalandei'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Cushion'
Firethorn, Buisson ardent, Scarlet firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Sunny Star'
Firethorn
Pyracantha rogersiana
Coltman-Rogers' firethorn
Pyracantha rogersiana 'Flava'
Coltman-Rogers' firethorn
Pyracantha Saphyr Jaune = 'Cadaune'
Firethorn
Pyracantha Saphyr Orange = 'Cadange'
Firethorn
Pyracantha Saphyr Rouge = 'Cadrou'
Firethorn
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Green'
Mid-season gooseberry, Cooking and eating gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa 'Martlet'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Rubus cockburnianus
Whitewashed bramble, Cockburn's bramble
Rubus cockburnianus 'Goldenvale'
Whitewashed bramble, Cockburn's bramble
Rubus thibetanus
Ghost bramble, Tibet bramble
Ulex europaeus
Prickly broom, Common gorse, Irish gorse
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Dream'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Red'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Berberis aggregata
Gerald's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Fireball'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Sunrise'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Red Rocket'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Lemon Queen'
Rosemary barberry
Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska'
Holly (Female berrying form)
Ilex aquifolium 'Hascombensis'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Myrtifolia Aurea'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis'
Self-fertile variety
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Van Tol'
Self-fertile variety, Common holly
Pyracantha 'Golden Paradise'
Firethorn