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Blackberry, Wild Bramble

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Blackberry, Wild Bramble Rubus fruticosus From £1.69
Pyracantha Orange Glow

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Pyracantha Orange Glow Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' From £6.96
Pyracantha Red Column

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Pyracantha Red Column Pyracantha coccinea Red Column From £6.96
Rose, Sweet Briar

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Rose, Sweet Briar Rosa rubiginosa From £1.38
Berberis darwinii

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Berberis darwinii Berberis darwinii From £3.00
Berberis julianae

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Berberis julianae Berberis julianae From £2.59
Berberis thunbergii

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Berberis thunbergii Berberis thunbergii From £2.30
Berberis, Purple

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Berberis, Purple Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea From £1.99
Blackthorn / Sloe

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Blackthorn / Sloe Prunus spinosa From £0.95
Buckthorn, Sea

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Buckthorn, Sea Hippophae rhamnoides From £2.30
Gorse

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Gorse Ulex europaeus From £3.50
Hawthorn / Quickthorn

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Hawthorn / Quickthorn Crataegus monogyna From £0.69
Hedge Mix, Blackthorn (50 Pack)

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Hedge Mix, Blackthorn (50 Pack) Mix of 6 Species, Bundles of 50 Plants From £79.99
Hedge Mix, Countryside Stewardship (50 Pack)

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Hedge Mix, Countryside Stewardship (50 Pack) Mix of 2 or more Species, Bundles of 50 Plants From £69.95
Hedge Mix, Native Conservation (50 Pack)

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Hedge Mix, Native Conservation (50 Pack) Mix of 6 Species, Bundles of 50 Plants From £94.99
Hedge Mix, Native Country (Economy 250 Pack)

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Hedge Mix, Native Country (Economy 250 Pack) Mix of 4 Species in Bundles of 250 Whips From £269.99

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Pre-Order Bareroot Thorny Plants For 2025/26 Winter Season

Thorny, spiky plants are more in demand every year for security, and because small birds love to nest safely among the spines. 
Many of them, like roses, are also beautiful, with a long season of interest. 

We advise wearing good gloves when planting and trimming any of these thorny plants.

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Your mail order prickly hedge plants are delivered by next working day courier.
If there is anything wrong with your plants when they arrive, Contact Us within 5 working days, and our friendly support team will sort it out.

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Best Thorny Hedges for Security

The plants below are the absolute best at being spikiest. 

Thorny Evergreen Hedges

Special Mention:

  • Shrub roses: Tall, thorny shrub roses make a perfectly decent hedge, although they generally aren't tall enough to give the privacy you need.
  • Gorse, Ulex europaeus - Gorse is extremely prickly, grows well in sand near the coast and in poor mountain soils, and it makes a wonderful wildlife refuge, however it's not ideal for garden use in most places. It spreads aggressively via seed, and does not look as nice as other options.

Thorny Deciduous Hedges

You are spoilt for choice here, and to keep things simple we recommend our Blackthorn Based Hedge mix, or our even cheaper Countryside Stewardship basic mix of 2 species, which is 50% Blackthorn.
Blackthorn is even thornier than Hawthorn, which is the base of our Conservation Hedge Mix

Special Mention:

  • Sea Buckthorn - A wonderfully vigorous and thorny hedge plant, it spread via root suckers that make it ideal for stabilising sand dunes, but a bit too aggressive for most gardens.
  • Bramble / Blackberry - Too sprawling to make a proper hedge by themselves, a bramble barrier is nevertheless impossible to climb through and makes a great wildlife refuge. You can add wild brambles, or thorny cultivated blackberry varieties, to any hedge to make it thornier and for the delicious fruit, simply cut out stems at the base once they have fruited in their second year and leave the dead canes where they are, don't bother to pull them out.