Last year I planted a Red Robin hedge.. I am plagued by rabbits and they have ruined it so I have to start all over again. Would someone recommend a nice hedge perhaps with a bit of colour/ flowers. What to do about the rabbits I don't know . This hedge will be at the rear of the house surrounding a concrete yard so a bit of colour would be nice. Thanks for any suggestions.
I have a pyracantha hedge, and it does thrive, and it does grow fast. It is also very prickly/thorny. However, if you need to have a trimmed hedge, you will probably lose most of the bright-gold flowers in spring, and most of the purplish berries in autumn. But if you just want a vigorous hedge without much need for trimming or shaping, go ahead and grow pyracantha. ( Firethorn) It grows well from self-sown shoots and from cuttings.
Atalanta, just curious, which pyracantha is it that you mention, that has "bright-gold flowers and purplish berries" ?
I don't think I've seen that variety before.
No idea. It was growing here when I moved in, and my mother who was a very keen gardener told me it was pyracantha. Leaf like a tiny holly leaf, very sharp, bunnies won't like it.