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Do you specifically want a prickly hedge? Berberis is properly vicious if that is what you want. If you want a hardy hedge then a Privet will tolerate almost anything and as a bonus Indian stick insects love it, if you want a pet.
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Blackthorn;
+ve; Sloes, (eventually),
-ve; blackthorn spreads by suckers from the roots, throwing up a new tree about every 2 feet,
and,
they will want to be getting away from your neighbours established trees.
Constable_Savage
mespilus
ChasnotRobert
@hoefla
I've got a bare mostly breezeblock end wall in the back garden. I'd like to line it with a hedgerow - on the other side is a small group of tall sycamores and ash trees, neglected by the behind neighbours, so whatever goes there has to be reasonably tolerant of dry and summer shade.
Does anyone have recommendations of where to buy? I don't drive.
I'm considering this https://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/Trees-and-Shrubs/Hedge-by-Type/Create-a-Wildlife-Hedgerow/Mixed-Native-Hawthorn-Based-Bare-Roots_253575.htm - either that or the blackthorn based one - I think it's about twice as much as I need, would anyone be interested in going halves? Or smaller quantities.