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[quote=Anonymous]We bought a house last year.  Didn't really notice the landscaping, except the size of the yard, deck, etc, etc.  What can I say, we were tired of house hunting and as long as the bones of the house was good, we didn't sweat the small stuff.  And landscaping is not something that was on my radar.

It was not until this year that I realized EVERY thing planted in this yard is spiky/thorny/painful.  We have two huge holly bushes on either side of the front door.  A row of barberry bushes flank the front walk.  The trees/shrubs are evergreen.  I don't know if it's spruce or fir or whatever, but when the dried needles fall, they become super sharp and it's like having sewing needles scattered all over our yard.  All our visitors brave scratches and pokes every time they ring the front door.  I have to wade through the barberry thorns to turn on the nozzle for the hose.  When I trim the bushes, picking up the scraps require super duper leather gloves but we always manage to get pricked regardless.

It just makes me so mad every time I do yard work. WHY?  WHY does everything in my yard hurt me?

So my more knowledgable gardeners -- is there a plus side to having these?  Are these native plants that are good in some small way?  Or is it just that these things are cheap and fast growing?  [/quote]

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