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pip1968 2,490 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 d d Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 ffs mate you still got a lot of work to do to make it looking like a garden that birds would visit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Basil; Silver Birch springs to mind ..... But, " Trees "? And how big is 'too big'? Perhaps shrubbery would better suit ye purpose? Which is ....? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Narrow it a bit more, please, Basil. What exactly is the purpose of this shrubbery? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bazil brush 474 Posted May 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) Also to make the garden look nicer Edited May 4, 2014 by Bazil brush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Cotoneaster, planted with Fuscia amongst it would be a great start. Former providing winter food and spring nesting cover. Latter adding another dimension to the cover and the very pretty flowers for later in the season. Good for the bees too. I have this mix here (Fuscia is sort of naturalised here). I wouldn't change it for the world. If ye don't have kids or free running Dogs ~ or are prepared to fence it off ~ then Pyracantha (" Fire Thorn ") is a f**king beauty to plant round ye perimeters. No f**ker's gonna come over ye walls / fences and plunge into That shit, to get at ye Dogs! Suffice it to say; I know a man who spent time sectioned, on a locked ward. People there were given to smashing the first floor windows, jumping to the ground and vaulting the fence. They planted pyracantha. No f**ka was That mad!!! But, yeah; Fire Thorn, in it's various forms, again provides a winter thrush feast and a good nesting habitat. Good, old fashioned, plain Ivy shouldn't be overlooked or despised either. On a disused, north to east facing wall? Dynamite! Year round cover for birds to roost in. Sparrows are mad for nesting in it. The berries are acceptable to plenty of birds too. Feel free to bung in any fine tuned requests. I'm sure others can and will pitch in. Of course; The more detail you provide, the more detailed we can get. Photo's of the site? Size? Aspects? Conditions? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Here ye go ...... Cotoneaster & Fuscia Ivy Tower Cotoneaster (Old Gate Optional) Bramble All excellent shit for birds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jake w 232 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Hawthorn bushes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taz2010 1,297 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 basil my friend you want the rubbish collected first mate then a few conifers and a few fuscia should tidy the place up and look quite good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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fireman 10,774 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Pyracantha,rowan,holly all hold good berries and even a good bed of teazle will pull some goldies in and with teazle they have to work for it so there'll be hanging around for a while on it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Ornamental Elderberry look's decent and produces a lot of berries.. and ceanothus is a tight evergreen shrub that produces load's of little purple flower that the bee's love.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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