Pyracantha is a stunning choice for a creating a prickly barrier around your ... reaching up to 13ft (4m) tall, these sturdy plants are also long-lived taking up to fifty years to mature.

Instead, the blooms are greenish-white, one-inch spiny balls arranged in clusters atop 3-4-foot-tall ... The leaves of this plant are toothed, shiny, deep green and well-protected with prickly ...