Gardening...

The people who owned our house before us did a wonderful job with the landscaping. It's quite the task to keep up with all the weeding and pruning. We had to purchase a hedge trimmer a few weeks ago to keep the massive boxwood hedge looking nice and boxy.

We've got two of the tree/bushes pictured below in our backyard. They are prickly and catch every dead leaf in our yard. Does anyone know what these are?

Here is a close up of one of the branches.