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attracting native birds to a balcony
Hi,
I live in a unit and I'd like to have pot plants that attract native birds. Preferably honey eaters. Are there australian natives that will cope with living in a pot? which ones could I go for? I live in Sydney and the balcony gets morning and afternoon sun. Thanks, Jason |
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attracting native birds to a balcony
Morning,
I think greavillias while do ok in a pot. get peach face mix. the native burds like it here. also with the water that you leave out there is a powder that you can get called "Harmony" Lorikeets and honey eaters love it. for info http://www.harmonywildbird.com Regards, Mitch "Jason Lewis" wrote in message om.au... Hi, I live in a unit and I'd like to have pot plants that attract native birds. Preferably honey eaters. Are there australian natives that will cope with living in a pot? which ones could I go for? I live in Sydney and the balcony gets morning and afternoon sun. Thanks, Jason |
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"Mitchell" writes:
I think greavillias while do ok in a pot. get peach face mix. the native burds like it here. My former landlord was a keen gardener, but he had *no* thumbs. Grevillias were a favourite of his. He bought many. Amost all died. So I formed the view that grevillias in pots must be very unforgiving if allowed to dry out. Is that your experience? They certainly are attractive to some birds though. A non-native that guarantees you'll see honeyeaters is the red hot poker. A red hot poker definitely won't flower all year, but IIRC, different ones or different colours do flower at different seasons: some in winter and some in summer. So I'm wondering aloud whether it would be possible to pot a few different colours and so have poker flowers for much of the year. Any winter flowering poker will be a magnet for birds desperate for nectar. I reckon you would be able to go away for a few weeks and not worry about the pokers dying, they are very tough. My Mum has a yellow flowering lucerne hedge, and when it is in flower the Eastern Spinebill honeyeaters flit around it every day as regular as clockwork, just after noon. It that their lunchtime too??? also with the water that you leave out there is a powder that you can get called "Harmony" Lorikeets and honey eaters love it. for info http://www.harmonywildbird.com Interesting idea. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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attracting native birds to a balcony
A good web page to check out is http://www.floraforfauna.com.au
It not only lists plants suitable for attracting local native birds, but all the various local native wildlife. .... |
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