Wanda

I have a varigated queensland box tree in my front courtyard (southern Perth
suburbs). It is a curse - the leaves and bark it sheds are a nuisance, but
the little nuts are domestically referred to as landmines, as they have the
sharpest, nastiest point on the end which points skyward 99.998% of the
time. If you are a good WA gardener and always wear shoes, and don't mind
perpetual mess it will be lovely. Otherwise find a more user friendly tree!
(my work environment sits on 29 acres in Nedlands and is removing zillions
of these trees at great expense)

If I thought I could stand the expense, mess and associated trauma of
getting rid of my courtyard tree it would go too........but it does shade
the azaleas and camellias that grow under it.

Joanne


"Wanda Too" wrote in message
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Now that the tree from hell is down, I'm looking into replacing it to
attract birds back into my backyard. The old tree would have been used more
for nesting, I would like any replacement(s) to be used for both if
possible. I would also like the replacement to be under 5m & less likely to
drop lots of leaves & branches. Currently I'm looking at a variegated Box
Tree. Are they the same thing as, or related to, a Brush Box? Does anyone
know the scientific name for the Variegated Box? Also, any other
recommendations of trees or large bushes suitable for the Perth area would
be nice.