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Wildlife in your Garden
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Not until you tell us where the body is.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
It's a Buddleia ; spreads like wildfire and is classed as an invasive species. You can usually see it at railway stations.
@AndyC
Took your advice about caging in the bird table. I didn't have any wire mesh so I used garden sticks (£1.60 for 30 from the garden centre
)
I decided to try it with just the horizontal bars for now as it's easy enough to add verticals if needed.
Tried it for about a week now and it seems to be working a treat so far.
Took your advice about caging in the bird table. I didn't have any wire mesh so I used garden sticks (£1.60 for 30 from the garden centre
)I decided to try it with just the horizontal bars for now as it's easy enough to add verticals if needed.
Tried it for about a week now and it seems to be working a treat so far.
It`s bad stuff, as the roots spread like mad and for some reason seem to be able to thrive on nothing more than the mortar in -between bricks.
I had some growing on the chimney stack, which I neglected, as I thought nothing of it.
It ended up doing that much damage to the stack, that I had to get a roofer out to remove it and re point the stack.
The roots spread everywhere, become almost rope like and are very difficult to dig out once established.
The buddliea getting some bad press here.
If controlled properly it is one of the most beneficial plants available for a wildlife garden and is commonly known as 'The butterfly bush' (they love it)
As others have mentioned it can spread easily and it's capable of growing even in a very small amount of poor quality soil with little moisture (often it's the first plant to appear on demolition sites etc)
As long as you 'deadhead' them after flowering they are easy to control in a garden, and you can keep them small and bushy by pruning them right back in spring.
Well worth the effort IMO as they really are like a magnet for butterflies
Frang
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Why you do that??@AndyC
Took your advice about caging in the bird table. I didn't have any wire mesh so I used garden sticks (£1.60 for 30 from the garden centre
I decided to try it with just the horizontal bars for now as it's easy enough to add verticals if needed.
Tried it for about a week now and it seems to be working a treat so far.
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To stop wood pigeons etc which just scoff the lot in one visit
There's plenty room for smaller garden birds.Have you seen the price of bird food?
No such thing as a perfect place ! We have lots of stuff but I cannot get this to grow it doesn't like the cold winters I think .So jealous of your weeds .
WOW! It will literally grow anywhere, it will certainly survive the cold, although it prefers dry conditions.
WOW! Now that IS cold
But, I'm guessing there's not much point in having a 'butterfly bush' where you are. lolNO .On the contrary we are getting more butterflies from the south every year ,due I am sure to the global warming . One I spotted last year was the Purple Emperor ,special in that it doesn't visit here often and when it does it lives in the treetops .WOW! Now that IS cold
Plus birds that used to live in warmer climes too.
Saw a Little Egret on Oglet Shore the other day and there’s Green Parrots all over South Liverpool now.
