The never - ending battle between cervid and gardeners often require a little helper from nature . The humanistic way to deal with cervid harm dwell in creating the most unappetizing cubic yard possible to deter contrary wildlife from snacking on your plant . Plants with thorn serve the purpose of restrict accession to sure field of the home landscape and preventing damage to foliage from wildlife .

These plants ply barrier , hedges and also function as focal points in the landscape painting . The rose occupies the top spot as one of the most common thorny flora used in landscape gardening . Other worthy plant life acquire beautiful flowers and spiny leaf for different landscape uses .

Flowering Quince

Springtime bring the unequalled blooms of the flowering Cydonia oblonga to the forefront of the garden . This thorny shrub maturate up to 10 foot marvelous and produces a rose - like bloom . Foliage seem as dark green shiny leaves . Flowering quince likes full Dominicus and produce edible fruit resemble apples . quince bush thorns appear along individual limb and make this plant a suitable barrier plant life for hedge or to limit traffic flowing in the landscape painting . Flowering quince is audacious in most dirt types in U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 4 to 8 .

Crown of Thorns

crest of thorn offers the trademark stocky leaves of a succulent plant with medium greenish / grizzly leave-taking . crest of pricker also has thorns protruding from plant stems and bloom in mystifying red , scandalmongering and peach . The flowers lie flat in a unique , four - petal pinwheel that can be variegate slightly depending on the cultivar . Shrubs grow to a height of 5 feet and service perfectly as a roadblock plant in juiceless location . Crown of thorns is drought tolerant and works well in garden in zones 9 to 11 . This beautiful plant makes a unparalleled accession to the rock ‘n’ roll or xeriscape garden .

Bougainvillea

The lovely bougainvillea has attractively flowering climbing vines . The lovely triangular - shaped flowers amount in a motley of colors in purple , orangish , pink and yellowish . This plant loves the heat and full Dominicus garden . Bougainvillea grow as a thick shrub that can be trained onto treillage , fence or pruned into a decorative shrub . This works spread promptly and piddle an excellent barrier plant with curved thorns bulge from its spread vine . Gardeners in zone 9 to 11 enjoy the beauty and benefits of this stunning vine - similar plant .

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