Suggestions please

My mom has just had her fencing replaced and it's not as high as the fencing my dear old dad put up years ago. But she has been told it's to the legal limit...mom would like to grow something along the top that may be a detergent. She not feeling very secure with it and at 80 and on her own I can see were she is coming from. Whatever it might be it will have to be in a large pot because its the old ramp area to the garage which she has had blocked off, if that makes sense. ..

 

I'll purchase the largest pot ever if it makes mom happy..

 

Deterrent from anyone climbing over it do you mean @Kimberley ?

In which case I would definitely go with Pyracantha (well, in fact, I *did* go with it in my previous two homes ). It has much to commend it and has even been referred to as a "burglar deterrent".
Merits: Evergreen; spring flowers (small white ones) and Autumn berries which the birds adore!
Demerits: those thorns are sharp! Ouchie!!! So, that needs to be thought about should it need a trim from time to time.
In addition, I used to have a passionflower which twined up and through it (which flowers through the summer) and also a rosa rugosa.

Pyracantha can have either red, orange or yellow berries on it depending on the variety you choose. In my previous garden I went with one of each.

An alternative might be a rosa rugosa - very thorny! The flowers are like paper flowers and the hips at this time of year are the size of cherry tomatoes!!! Sadly not evergreen though. Rugosa roses are white, pink or magenta

How many pots does she want to fill?

This is a photo taken in 2013 from my previous garden. You may notice the passionflower fruits (orangy yellow) and the tiny yellow pyracantha berries all mixed together with the rosa rugosa hips.




A closer view

 

Agree about the Pyracantha, especially if the fence behind it is painted white. One of my favourite burglar deterrents (if its available in the UK) is Siberian Pea. The branches of that are really flexible, and its so much fun watching intruders try to untangle themselves and just getting torn to bits off the thorns.

Possibly planters would be a better idea than pots. If you have the space, they can be made using pallets as a base, and the sides built up using what are known as pallet collars. Quick and easy.

 

Thank you for your replies, I knew I could count on you for the answers good suggestions about then planters x the area is ramp up from the roadway to the garage doors. Mom does no drive so since fads passing it hold all the gardening equipment, step ladders and such.like. but mom has had from the curb now fenced. But nobody was better than my dad... and of course the fence is just a little smaller than she had in the 1st place and it's on her mind someone can get over..

 

May I ask what size the fence is Kimberely, as the legal height is 6ft.

 

Yes it's 6ft but the footpath slopes down my dad leveled the tip and no followed the path so we're mom has no visibility is the lowest part

 

Haven't heard of that before so I had to Google
What an interesting specimen!

 

There are two common kinds. The one that is used for hedging, (evil personified in a shrub, even if nobody ever mentions its thorns!) and also a weeping version that some like to use as a specimen tree.

On the plus side, it makes a good intruder deterrent, is a nitrogen fixer, tends to neutralise soil, makes a good windbreak and safe haven for small birds. They eat the fruit also.

The UK climate may just be too warm for it though. When did you last read that about a plant?