VivienB wrote in message ...

Agree on the cutting back, we need to cut ours quite hard every year
to keep them in bounds. Interested to learn it is 2nd year wood that
berries.

The ever-present blackbirds and mistle thrushes (when around) only
just wait for cotoneaster berries to ripen, then the whole lot goes
very quickly. Not a berry left, well before Christmas! What other
berries are the birds in your garden taking first?


Mine ahs been relatively untouched, but it is growing just a few feet
from a well stocked bird table. Actually it is due for the chop very
soon as I am going to move my grape vine there, it is growing in front
of a nice south facing brick wall and I think the situation would be
ideal for a grape vine.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk