plants in new aviary

[Mickp]

am planning on having a few of eachgrass type in the aviary and will be making some light weight covers for them so all I need to do is move a cover from one plant to the next. got tired of having to move pots around all the time

[gomer]

sounds like a good plan mick

[Mickp]

here is the latest climber that has been added (two of them).
have now got enough climbers & trees in the aviary.
will be getting some more feathergrass plants this week.

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Will look nice when its finished Mick

[Mickp]

have started thinking that I should have run 8mm galv cable/wire for the climbers instead of trellis wire. not sure if the trellis wire will cope with all the weight when the plants reach full size

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Thats true and when the birds nest in there its going to be heavy still.

[Fischer]

For a low thickly bushy native shrub Westringia (Coastal Rosemary) is great too, grows quickly, will grow anywhere and doesn't need lots of water. Can be trimmed to a ball shaped shrub or hedge, only grows to a height of 1 to 2 meters.

Should have put a pic of the plant in before,Didn't think of it

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[Diane]

Do the birds actually eat the Purple fountain grass? Ive had one in a tub in the aviary and they dont seem too bothered with it. What about swamp foxtail? They like that?

Was it easy to find the african feathergrass?

[Pete Sara]

hey diane. from what i have read the fountain grass seed heads are sterile that could be why they are nit eating them.. and becareful african feather grass been deemed a noxious weed so if you find some beware it could have been spayed to kill it. have you tried panic grass....pete

[Mickp]

my birds stripped the purple fountain grass as soon as a seed head appears. they do the same with feathergrass as well. feathergrass is real easy to grow from seed. as pete mentioned panic grass is good. I guess when it comes down to it any seeding type grass is worth a try, he birds will decide which they are going to eat