Hedges

[MaybeHeIsMyCat]

To start, I am not a garden person
I need a hedge/shrubs/razor wire, something that is either fast growing or I can buy mature to put in my garden as a hedge
Needs to be not v pricey, I live in the NW so anything that likes rain is a bonus! It must be prickly, thorny or otherwise uncomfortable to climb through or on
Any ideas wise MN?

Rosa rugosa is amazingly prickly. Like little needles.
www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Rosa-Rugosa-Rubra-Pink-Ramanus-Rose-40-60cm-bare-root.html

www.hedging.co.uk/acatalog/product_10294.html
Excellent dense fast growing deciduous hedge with masses of small bristly thorns, and large orange-red hips in early autumn which are good for rose-hip syrup, or make excellent bird food. ...

Haven’t bought from either place but gives an idea of prices. Not evergreen though but if prickly and fast is what you are are after this is it!

This is what the stems look like

How long is the hedge? You could either buy a mixed hedging pack , which will contain things like hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel, dog rose etc or you can mix and match yourself. Somewhere like Hedges direct would be good to browse. I recommend buying whips (little rooted sticks). Whilst they start small they will grow really quickly and you will end up with a bushier, fuller, hedge than if you buy big plants to start with. It's v cost effective too.

@Sprig1 the fence I need to do is LONG! It's raining but this is I would say half of it
I need to keep some annoying kids from trespassing basically and planning won't allow a solid fence or wall or electric fencing

@Isgooglebroken oooh that looks good
I basically need it to look after itself as much as possibly and not die on me
The soil is not great (was a new build) but I will be paying someone to come in and actually do the hedge and then maintain it as needed

You could look at pyracantha? Very sharp thorns, known as the ‘anti burglar’ hedge. Pretty red berries in autumn/white flowers in spring.

Grows fast, 40-50cm/ year and very robust.

Bugger to prune though. You need thick leather gloves.

Agree hedges direct great.

Red berberis - Berberis ottowensis 'aurocoma' .

As it says in the link below...'fast growing, very prickly hedge, ideal for deterring intruders'.

www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Red-Berberis-Berberis-ottawensis-auricoma-60-90cm-2L-pot.html#SID=189

I’d do a native hedge, mixture of hawthorn, blackthorn and wild rose. White flowers in late winter and late spring, pink roses in summer, hips and haws in autumn, sloes for gin, and totally impenetrable.