Why pyrancantha?

Farway

Good for both bees & birds, the birds love the berries, and the prickly shelter from hawks and other birds of of prey

Think twice please

calleyw

Farway wrote: »

Good for both bees & birds, the birds love the berries, and the prickly shelter from hawks and other birds of of prey

Think twice please

I am aware of it. But I no longer want it my garden.

Any other suggestions that would attract the birds and bees in to my garden.

Yours

Calley

lostinrates

hollydays wrote: »

Very thick leathery type gardening gloves in future. Wonderful bright colours. The shrub not the gloves.
It gives autumn winter colour-don't get rid of it completely!

It also makes an excellent cut flower alternative. As far as bird food, its the thing that NEVER gets touched here. We feed very many birds and the berries in this stay resolutely. I feel no guilt about lopping ours down I admit. There are other things one can plant for birds and insects, they remain a concern, but not one I put up with those monsters for.

Annie1960

calleyw wrote: »

I am off out for weed killer tomorrow to deal with it once and for all. As I want it gone.

Yours

Calley

Weed killer won't get rid of it. You will need to cut it down and dig out the roots.

If you cut it completely down to ground level, it will grow back.

greenbee

I removed an enormous one from the front of this house when I moved in (I'm sure I still have the scars...). It was HUGE and obscuring a first floor window...

However, next door have replaced part of their fence (it came down in last year's storms) with post and rail, and their kids run through it. Pyracantha seems to be the ideal solution

calleyw

Annie1960 wrote: »

If you cut it completely down to ground level, it will grow back.

I am well aware of that already had it cut off but due to person reasons I let it go.

Oh weed killer will kill it. As I will drill holes in the what is left and pour over weedkiller.

Then once it is dead I will dig it out.

Yours

Calley

WobblyDog

lostinrates wrote: »

It also makes an excellent cut flower alternative. As far as bird food, its the thing that NEVER gets touched here. We feed very many birds and the berries in this stay resolutely. I feel no guilt about lopping ours down I admit. There are other things one can plant for birds and insects, they remain a concern, but not one I put up with those monsters for.

I like the way the colourful berries brighten my garden in autumn/winter. I planted mine hoping that the birds would like the berries, but I've never seen a bird eating them. As plants go, it's fairly idiot-proof and low maintenance, none of the ones I've planted have died.

azzabazza

I have one at either side of my lounge window. I keep them well pruned in to the wall. Currently there is a blackbird nesting in one of them. The blackbirds strip the berries in the autumn - they love them!

lostinrates

azzabazza wrote: »

I have one at either side of my lounge window. I keep them well pruned in to the wall. Currently there is a blackbird nesting in one of them. The blackbirds strip the berries in the autumn - they love them!

We have had blackbirds nesting just to east of them, every year, in trees, lilacs and plums. They really never showed any interest in the berries here.

Maybe its a local preference. Also, ours were all orange, I have often wondered if different colours were tastier.

smudger1964

I have both red and orange berries on my bushes and when the time is right as the birds seem to know when they are ready to eat the blackbirds mostly the males strip them