right not the specific name escapes me, but the shrub is one used frequently
in Africa for that purpose - it has a shiny leaf like holly and very nasty
thorns that are about an inch long - you could probably turn it up by
looking for "thorns" and bush and fence - for example
http://www.anotherland.com/hg-1200.htm
or for more actionable information try
http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5327e/x53...3.15%20fencing which says"

Highly valued species for live fences are Euphorbia tirucalli, Albizia
harveyi, and Commiphora africana. Species used for fence poles include
Dichrostachys cinerea. Species for both uses that were identified by farmers
are found in Table 3.24.

"Al Patrick" wrote in message
...
I remember seeing some very dense bushes in a nursery catalog years ago.
It was supposed to grow dense enough to keep animals in it. I can't
recall the name either, but seems it was a type of rose.

Al

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AlienZen wrote:

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in message
. com...

Hey there, got an unusual question:

I live out in the country and part of my front yard is on a curve.
Constantly when it is wet outside, cars go too fast around it despite
signs being posted and end up sliding in my front yard. There is a
small ditch along the road that they go through and into my front
yard. Yesterday, someone even took out a bush I had planted at the end
of my driveway.

ANy bright ideas on what I could do? I thought about taking a tiller
and making the ditch deeper where it would be harder for cars to go
through. I even though of welding together some sort of guardrail to
but on my side of the ditch.

Any help woould be greatly appreciated!

Thick brush is good, if you can find something that's suffiently durable
and
attractive. It stops cars effectively and safely.


Years ago I read an article regarding the White House- They use a
specific
species of shrubbery as a security barricade. it grows so dense a car
cannot
penetrate it. Alas, trying a google search of "shrub" or "bush" and
"white
house" is futile these days.

Mike