I bought two Pyracantha bushes from Lidl on Monday. They were reduced to four pounds each. Both of them were smothered in bright yellow berries.
I planted them yesterday in two different areas of the garden and have just spent a delightful hour watching two blackbirds systematically stripping them.
I bought them for the birds and the birds seem to appreciate them. How lovely. I'm really pleased with myself.
You did very well getting them for so little Tilly2. I have four, two with orange berries, and two with the rich yellow, I think I paid £15 ish each for them, mind you they were good big plants.
I put currants on the kitchen windowsill for our blackbirds, they tap the window to ask for them.
Morning, Tilly......when the berries have gone do as Ferlew says...currants or sultanas. My daughter puts some on the patio and now one blackbird will tap on the doorstep til she tops up supplies...x
could you send them to me please (the birds)my neighbours holly tree is dropping red berries all over my garden ,if i don't pick them up the start to grow.
I'll need to get out there quickly, woof. They are almost gone. It must take a few years to grow to a reasonable size, I should think but it's worth a try.
Good morning, Gness, and ferlew, thank you, but I have to be careful about using sultanas and currants because of the dogs.
I have a massive red Pyrantha tilly. Tons of red berries, and the sparrows hide and live in there and we always hear lots of chirping.
Just thrown a handfull of saltanas down on patio hoping the birds arrive very soon to gollop them up .
Tilly, we have the sparrow hawk zoom into my garden now and again.
Oh boy, that bird is so fast, manages to grab a sparrow normally, even though the sparrows dive for cover into the big bush for safety.
The sparrowhawk dives in the bush and has trouble getting out again as we have mesh running along the bottom of our garden and he gets trapped.
Tilly, he doesnt actually get trapped. Just leaves the garden the opposite way that he gets in. The mesh cannot be removed as it stops the 3 cats from next door just strolling in our garden.