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Hello
Here in 8b SE Louisiana, I use Cherokee
Rose. It is truly a vicious and inpenetratable barrier. It will take meat off
the bone if you get into it. It is also very beautiful in bloom and just
growing.
Good Luck
Pete
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:30
Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: Natural fencing
Suggestions
>I believe the living fence will eventually creep and
fill the gap. If I can
>get 45' feet established, leaving that
last 5 feet for their
>inevitable passing, sooner or later that gap will
close too.
you might also try digging a great hole in front of the
gap when you finally
move to close it.
I'd have to go with the
recommendations for Hawthorne; there are also some
good Prunus to try too,
like Sloe or Blackthorn, P. spinosus (who cannot
understand that Latin?!)
If they can make a bull-proof hedge... they respond
well to pruning and
shaping and are tougher than the rose. Brambles could be
mixed in, why
not?
>There is nothing worse than a thicket of thorned brambles (not
just a fence
>row), and that is what I want along the river and under
the
>bridge.
It's a shame that you're not in the tropics- Belizean
riverbanks are often
covered with a local bamboo, Guadua spinosa, which
grows like kikuyu grass,
rooting at nodes, but is armed with 1 inch spikes
pointing fore and aft, and
forms 15 ft tall entanglements.... can't see
over it, struggle through it, or
crawl under it...
Rick Valley
Northern Groves
PO Box 1236, Philomath, OR 97370
Mobile-(541)602-1315,
hm.& msg. (541)456-4364 Bamboo catalog $3 or at
<http://www.teleport.com/~dbrooks/bamboo.html>
"Useful
Bamboos and other plants‹ Permaculture education‹ Ecological design
&
consultation centering on water,landform and horticultural
systems"
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