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Anti-intruder plants for a wall

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  • jameshopkins0709jameshopkins0709 Posts: 38
    Would it be feasible to secure something like a bell trough (https://www.diy.com/departments/florus-rectangular-brown-bell-trough-h-200mm-l-890mm/1886638_BQ.prd/gallery) to the top of the wall, and grow some of the plants that have been recommended, in it? Presumably with something like a pyracantha it has the strength to grow up by itself?
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I think that would become a safety issue as the soil would make it very heavy and no, you couldn't grow pyracantha in it, that's a large shrub with big roots.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Any chance of a photo from your garden side of the wall ? That might help us to come up with more suggestions  :)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Spiky plants are the way to go - climbing or rambling roses that repeat flower and can be trained on wires stretched horizontally across the wall and lopped and arched at the top.  Pyracantha is an excellent plant of spikes and wildlife - shelter, flowers for nectar, berries for birds.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • jameshopkins0709jameshopkins0709 Posts: 38
    AnniD said:
    Any chance of a photo from your garden side of the wall ? That might help us to come up with more suggestions  :)
    Sure, I'll grab a photo tomorrow when it's light
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    When anyone mentions a 'defensive' plant , Berberis julianae springs to mind .
    A 2' to 3' hedge of this running alongside your inner wall would suit admirably .
    It would take a brave soul indeed to try to attempt entry through this .
    Concrete posts and razor-wire would be another alternative !
  • jameshopkins0709jameshopkins0709 Posts: 38
    edited March 2019
    Paul B3 said:
    When anyone mentions a 'defensive' plant , Berberis julianae springs to mind .
    A 2' to 3' hedge of this running alongside your inner wall would suit admirably .
    It would take a brave soul indeed to try to attempt entry through this .
    Concrete posts and razor-wire would be another alternative !
    Thanks, Paul.

    I'm guessing you're suggesting fixing a ledge/shelf alongside the inner wall, which'd mean the plant evenually protrudes above the height of the wall?

    Ah sorry, I suppose you mean a 2' to 3' _depth_ hedge
  • jameshopkins0709jameshopkins0709 Posts: 38
    Could you grow Berberis julianae in a trough?
  • A.douganA.dougan Posts: 25
    For a quick fix and cost effective.
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