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.
I do, but that is not my point.
With this attitude you will soon be applying for a shotgun certificate and be off harvesting your own game casserole.
Innit?
The holly and hawthorn are groaning under the weight of berries, wonder when the redwings will come to strip them both?
I shall dig out the old pyracantha next year as it seriously gets in the way of window cleaning now. My bird visitors are well fed throughout the winter.
Good luck with digging it out, choux. You might need some armour for protection.
I have holly and hawthorn bushes too. As you say, there are loads of berries on them. It's funny how the two blackbirds made a bee line for my two new plants. I wonder if the colour attracted them?