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Old 17-05-2011, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post

I also discovered today that I mustn't let cotoneaster horizontalis
get from my garden into the wild ("wild" is around two sides of my
garden). Does this mean that I must start shooting any bird that flies
off with a berry in its beak in case that bird eats the berry and
poops out the seed?
I'd get rid of the cotoneaster if I were you. My innocent looking little plant is now 40ft long.

But the brids don't touch it - it's still covered with berries, along with the pernettya.
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