QuestionsHow to growTrees and ShrubsChoosing trees and shrubsPlant name 0 Vote Up Vote Down Pat Walsh asked 13 years ago I saw a plant/ bush that has yellow tops and it is spikey like thorn and is like something that you would see at the side of a motorway after it has been completed, any clue what it could be? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago Sounds like furze, a native wild species, flowering mostly in spring but some plants in autumn and winter too.