Working in a heritage garden. If anyone knows what type of Berberis this is let me know. Think I am going to try and get rid of it! So dangerous
by MrGman97
Working in a heritage garden. If anyone knows what type of Berberis this is let me know. Think I am going to try and get rid of it! So dangerous
by MrGman97
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They are hypodermic in their sharpness! I absolutely detest pyracantha on the same level.
My Pyracantha bush is evil – its spines seem to go right through even the toughest gardening gloves.
I have a lot of self seeded hawthorn trees. The sloe berries are nice, but those needles are hyperdermic.
Japanese thimble flower, just because the bloody thing pops up everywhere
That’s the beginners plant for those working up to pruning sea buckthorn.
We had a sea buckthorn, we HAVE Pyrocantha, Chaenomles, holly, hawthorn and Berberis.
Of these Berberis is the best (small prickly leaves, not many thorns), then hawthorn, then holly (because it’s only the leaves) chaenomeles (you can’t see the thorns till they get you), sea buckthorn and then, the worst, is pyrocantha…. Those thorns are a nightmare…
Yuccas. Always. Stabby.
Yes, not only are Berberis thorns sharp, but even if you get the thorn out, there’s an orange stain!
I hate ‘old wood’ chaenomeles the most though. I wrote off a pair of secateurs in one session when I took over a new garden
I dug one of these out. The tap route is bright yellow. I honestly thought I’d hit a gas pipe.
Mahonia, Gorse and PyRoCaNthEr!!
Also cotoneaster dammeri because it dulls the sharpest hedgecutter 5 min into pruning. All those stupid berry’s too
Would you not buy a house you liked if the garden had pyracantha? I’m debating whether to get rid but I like it.
Julianae-its a terror!
Probably the ultimate stock-proof hedging subject tho…..😉
Brambles or roses
Trees of heaven. Hydra motha fucker
Oh honestly, holly. I’m always stupid enough to try to pick up the stray leaves with my fingers. Or they’ll stab me in the toes at some point the next summer when I’m in my sandals.
Brambles, honestly. Honourable mention to the barbs on the stems of Trachycarpus palms, just because I keep forgetting about them as you prune them so infrequently.