Want to plant a thorney hedge row?

I live in upstate NY around Albany, I want to plant some type of a thorney/privacy against intruders type hedge..It will be in full sun with decent drainage. I really don't care if it flowers, just as long as it grows fast and continues year after year, it will be left to grow wild...Thanks for all your help!!

Want to plant a thorney hedge row?
Berberis or chaenomeles (flowering quince) are other thorny tough choices.
Reply:What zone are you? 4, 5, 6? This determines what will grow.



I'm thinking some shrub roses like Harrison's Yellow or it's cousin Austrian Copper rose.



How about blackberries?



Maybe a barberry will grow up there tho the thorns aren't that long, it is still uncomfortable to pass through



I think Hawthorn trees and Pyracanth shrubs won't take your cold temps.



Actually a privet hedge is pretty darn hard to climb through if maintained. Allowing it to grow wild results in the plants becoming more tree like, that is naked at the bottom.
Reply:rose bushes or stalks they are preannuals which means that the grow back after the winter and they pretty much grow anywhere but you have to trinthem a little every once in a while so they grow even more use curved cutting shears and cut at an angle

best of luck