Thorny plants

 Hello, mine is unusual request I expect.

I want the most thorny dog-rose bush or thorny varieties of blackberry that
I can plant.

My front garden is open plan, I cannot fence it in.

I cannot stop some local footballers running over my front garden!

Can you advise what would be best planted to stop them running through my
garden please.

Barry,

 
"Barry"  wrote

Pyracantha.
Quite cheap and available everywhere. Can make a hedge of it if you want,
will have soso flowers but excellent autumn/winter berries (come in
different colours) and two inch needle sharp thorns all over.
You will eventually need welding gloves to prune it.  :-)

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Regards
Bob
"Never get so busy making a living
     that you forget to make a life"

 

 

Berberis is very effective if a little slow growing Quince very effective
nastiest by a long way is Himalayan Giant Blackberry very  big thorns but be
warned they are vigorous beyond belief and once planted a royal pain to
remove- any bits you miss regenerate
( three years after removing and glyphostate treatment and they still
return)
Derek

 I would go with roses.  They can be kept to the size you want and will look
very nice while keeping out the unwanted.

Dwayne (From Kansas)

 Many thanks for your help, I have bought some Pyracantha.
I do like roses but I had trouble with black spot when I last had some, but
I expect that was my fault!
Barry