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defensive planting

Your garden is your home's first line of defence against crime. Our gnomes, hanging baskets ornaments and even the plants are easily stolen items. The garden can also contain equipment that could help a thief break into your home, such as ladders, spades etc.

Now you can beat the thief by using a natural line of defence, the plants themselves. They can be especially useful when trying to prevent access over fences and walls or under windows. They are environmentally friendly and can attract wildlife to your garden. Train branches along the tops of fences and walls to make things more difficult for anyone attempting to climb over.

Thorny plants rip burglars pants!

Here are a selection of plants suitable for defensive planting

	Berberis Gagnepainii. Small dense prickly evergreen, suitable for a low hedge		Ulex Europaeus Common Gorse. Viciously spiny grows 4-5'

	The Common Hawthorn This forms an impenetrable barrier. Plant in a staggered row 4 to 1metre.		Pyracantha. Thorny branches and very useful on fences and walls.

	Rosa Blanc Double de Coubert For hedges or individual shrubs up to 2M high		Rosa Rugosa Rubra Crimson For hedges or individual shrubs up to 2M high

	Berberis Julianae Evergreen with shiny dark leaves. Grows to 4-5'		Mahonia Bealei Winter Sun Prickly evergreen with fragrant flowers

	Hippaphae Rhamnoides Sea Buckthorn grows in any soil. Plant in groups of 3 to obtain berries		Berberis Stenophylla Use as a hedge or shrub. allow two plants per metre

	Rosa Fruhlings Gold Yellow. Fragrant old fashioned rose. Densely prickly		Berberis Ottawensis Superba. Beautiful purple foliage Use as an individual shrub or hedge.

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