Prickly customer

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    Any ideas on this? Rigid stems, small oval leaves with a wicked prickle to them and red berries.
    Looks to have a spreading habit?

    I was thinking of an ilex but not sure
     

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      Cladodes? Now there is a scrabble word!

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      Thank you so much - I exhausted myself going through the RHS encyclopaedia!

      Perhaps cladodes should be word of the day?
       
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      And the winner of GC's Word of the Week is Silver Surfer with "Cladodes" :dbgrtmb:
       
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