{"id":8671,"date":"2016-07-12T18:12:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T17:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2016-07-10T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T08:37:03","slug":"prickly-shrubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/prickly-shrubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Prickly Shrubs For Prickly Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mahonia 'Charity' \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4578318899\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4060\/4578318899_18d2f08190.jpg\" alt=\"Mahonia 'Charity'\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am not suggesting you want to keep your neighbours out of your garden but there are some circumstances where a <strong>Prickly Shrub<\/strong> is just what the doctor ordered.<\/p>\n<h3>Choice Prickly Shrubs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mahonias scores highly on my list. It is evergreen and the leaves are quite prickly. The flowers are a joy in late winter in a bright yellow cluster with a wonderful scent.<\/li>\n<li>The Berberis family of shrubs include evergreen and deciduous varieties. I particularly like the evergreen, sharp leaved Berberis Darwinii with orange flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Pyracantha or the Firethorn is popular with orange-scarlet berries. Try the freely available Pyracatha coccinea lalandii<\/li>\n<li>Roses particularly the Rugarosa and wild species can be a feast of prickles to suit most occasions.<\/li>\n<li>Holly is planted just outside my window in a mixed hedge that the birds love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Holly \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4061286953\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2610\/4061286953_4636657a22.jpg\" alt=\"Holly in the Wild\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Other Prickly Shrubs to Consider<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hawthorns and Blackthorns<\/li>\n<li>Barberry<\/li>\n<li>Gorse<\/li>\n<li>Rosa Fruhlings and other rambling roses.<\/li>\n<li>Chaenomeles x superba &#8216;Pink Lady&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Mahonia<\/li>\n<li>Berberis thunbergii or darwinii<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not suggesting you want to keep your neighbours out of your garden but there are some circumstances where a Prickly Shrub is just what the doctor ordered. Choice Prickly Shrubs Mahonias scores highly on my list. It is evergreen and the leaves are quite prickly. The flowers are a joy in late winter in a bright yellow cluster with a wonderful scent. The Berberis family of shrubs include evergreen and deciduous varieties. I particularly like the evergreen, sharp&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/prickly-shrubs\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}