Some of our most beautiful garden plants, including roses, hollies and mahonia, have prickly thorns.
Prickly plants can make useful burglar deterrents if grown up the house or as a hedge, but if you have areas in your garden where lots of people walk past, or where children play, you might want to avoid anything sharp.
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